1st Edition
Peril and Protection in British Courtship Novels A Study in Continuity and Change
Introduction: Danger, Protection, and Gender Ideology in Courtship Novels
Establishing the Traditional Courtship Novel in the Eighteenth Century: Haywood, Richardson, & Burney
Intensifying Tradition: Gothic Courtship Novels of Walpole and Radcliffe
Enriching and Mocking Tradition: Ironic Variations in Austen’s Courtship Novels
Flawed Heroes and Rescuing Heroines: Victorian Challenges and Adherence to Tradition
Combatants, Soul Mates, and Risky Ventures: Modernist Deconstructions of Courtship Novel Danger in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
Reflections on Continuity, Change, and Contemporary Trends in Courtship Fiction
Biography
Geri Giebel Chavis received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University with specialties in British Romanticism, the Victorian Period, and American Literature from 1840-1920. Her dissertation focuses on dreams as motif in John Keats’ poems and letters. Dr. Chavis currently is a Professor Emerita at St. Catherine University in St. Paul. She has received numerous teaching and achievement awards and has published many articles, book chapters, and three books, the most recent entitled Poetry and Story Therapy: The Healing Power of Poetic Expression. Dr. Chavis is also a certified poetry therapist and licensed psychologist with a masters in counseling psychology.
