{"product_id":"connubial-fictions-the-evolution-of-marriage-in-american-law-and-literature-hardcover","title":"Connubial Fictions: The Evolution of Marriage in American Law and Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan S. Masur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard H. McAdams\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMartha C. Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConnubial Fictions\u003c\/em\u003e explores law and marriage in the United States, seen through the lens of American literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In this edited volume, scholars of law and the humanities combine legal scholarship with literary analysis to explore how American literature has portrayed marriage's complex legal dimensions over time. They cover diverse fictional works including Frances Harper's \u003cem\u003eIola Leroy\u003c\/em\u003e, Marilynne Robinson's \u003cem\u003eGilead \u003c\/em\u003enovels, Tony Kushner's \u003cem\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/em\u003e, and works by Edward Albee, Philip Roth, Octavia Butler, Maggie Nelson, and Jhumpa Lahiri. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these works, contributors examine a wide range of legal and literary themes: the true ownership of a marriage, how investments involved in a marriage compare to investments in a business, how the denial of marriage rights affected same-sex couples, how marriage rights changed queer aesthetics, the prospects for truth in marriage, the constraints and possibilities for immigrant marriages, how procreation norms affect childless marriages, the challenges of interracial intimacy and marriage, the paucity of modern literature depicting interracial marriages, the nature of separations before no-fault divorce, the divorce revolution and the best interests of children of divorce, and the problem of equality and alimony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConvention and law have often shielded the intimate aspect of marriage from public view. This volume shows how literature has pulled back the curtain and shown us the various lived experiences of marriage, of all kinds.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan S. Masur\u003c\/strong\u003e is John P. Wilson Professor of Law; the Director of the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen \u0026amp; Katz Program in Behavioral Law, Finance and Economics; and the David and Celia Hilliard Research Scholar, all at the University of Chicago Law School. He received a BS in physics and an AB in political science from Stanford University and his JD from Harvard Law School. Masur is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eHappiness and the Law\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eCannons and Codes: Law, Literature, and America's Wars\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard H. McAdams\u003c\/strong\u003e is Bernard D. Meltzer Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Expressive Powers of Law\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eFatal Fictions: Crime and Investigation in Law and Literature \u003c\/em\u003e(2017) and \u003cem\u003eFairness in Law and Economics\u003c\/em\u003e (2013). His poetry has been published in \u003cem\u003eCream City Review\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Nest\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartha C. Nussbaum\u003c\/strong\u003e is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, in the Law School and Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago. She is the author or co-author of over 500 articles and twenty-six books, including most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Republic of Love: Opera, Breath, and Freedom \u003c\/em\u003e(2026) and \u003cem\u003eThe Tenderness of Silent Minds: Benjamin Britten and His War Requiem\u003c\/em\u003e (2024). Nussbaum has received the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2016), the Holberg Prize (2021), and the Balzan Prize (2022).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68638763188530,"sku":"9780197824962","price":186.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/3ubkCJwXMn9780197824962.webp?v=1794394219","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/connubial-fictions-the-evolution-of-marriage-in-american-law-and-literature-hardcover","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}