Game of Love in Georgian England - Courtship, Emotions, and Material Culture

Courtship in Georgian England was a decisive moment in the life cycle, often imagined as a tactical game. Sally Holloway uses a rich selection of material and written sources to explore the emotional experience of courtship between Georgian men and women.

List of contents

• Introduction


• The Language of Love


• Love Letters


• Love Tokens


• The Marketplace of Love


• Romantic Suffering


• Breach of Promise


• Conclusion

About the author

Sally Holloway is the Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in History and History of Art at Oxford Brookes University. Holloway is an historian of emotions, gender, material culture, and romantic relationships in Georgian England. After completing her AHRC-funded PhD at Royal Holloway in 2013, she worked on the Georgians season at Historic Royal Palaces, and taught at Queen Mary University of London, Oxford Brookes University, and Richmond, The American International University in London. With Stephanie Downes and Sarah Randles, she is co-editor of Feeling Things: Objects and Emotions through History (OUP, 2018).

Summary

Courtship in Georgian England was a decisive moment in the life cycle, often imagined as a tactical game. Sally Holloway uses a rich selection of material and written sources to explore the emotional experience of courtship between Georgian men and women.

Additional text

an impressive book which offers new insights into how Georgian men and women negotiated the processes of courtship, and provides an exemplar of how to 'do' emotions history with objects.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Holloway, Sally (Vice Chancellor''s Research Fello Holloway, Holloway Sally
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780192870995
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287099-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Emotions in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Modern / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, Social & cultural history, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), C 1700 To C 1800