unmarried men in literature
Posted by Miranda on March 18, 1998 at 16:18:23:
In response to Unmarried mothers, written by Caroline on March 18, 1998 at 12:51:18
] ... surely there must also be so many unmarried men! If that were really true, then historical documents and literature in general would be full of them, surely?
I think this really applies to the economically disadavtaged. We rarely see these people show up in literature, except perhaps as servants but not as characters in their own right.
This tendency not to marry really surprised me. It points out how much we (me, anyway) assume that he social customs, etc.. we glean from the literature apply to everyone. And how much we interpret the past thru our own mores.
- more women than men P. Bingham 12:52:26 3/20/98
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- also many men are at war... (nfm) P. Bingham 18:54:52 3/21/98
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- Two wives;-) Caroline 16:30:56 3/20/98
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- Hey! Cassia 20:28:02 3/24/98
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- Different Caroline 21:43:33 3/24/98
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- Hey! Redux Corrections--I can't seem to type tonight. Cassia 20:29:12 3/24/98
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- Different Caroline 21:43:33 3/24/98
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- "two wives are allowed in the army"? (nfm) P. Bingham 19:41:34 3/20/98
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- My Guess is... Captain Everett 21:41:39 3/20/98
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- Ah! I'm a little slow sometimes. (nfm) P. Bingham 18:41:50 3/21/98
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- They still do;-) Caroline 21:50:56 3/20/98
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- Ah! I'm a little slow sometimes. (nfm) P. Bingham 18:41:50 3/21/98
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- My Guess is... Captain Everett 21:41:39 3/20/98
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- Hey! Cassia 20:28:02 3/24/98
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- also many men are at war... (nfm) P. Bingham 18:54:52 3/21/98
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- marriage JW 23:32:26 3/18/98
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- Pregnant servants and a question Constanza 16:49:10 3/19/98
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- house servants and marriage P. Bingham 18:31:18 3/19/98
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- Laurence Stone's other book P. Bingham 13:50:16 3/20/98
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- Very informative! Lesley 00:18:26 3/21/98
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- Don't appologise, Patricia; that was very interesting... Marie Bernadette 00:10:07 3/21/98
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- Lords & unexpected babies P. Bingham 18:52:35 3/21/98
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- Out of the running... Marie Bernadette 13:29:53 3/23/98
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- bastards P. Bingham 22:12:58 3/25/98
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- It still amazes me the amount of inform. U can provide :-) nfm Constanza 11:03:49 3/26/98
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- It still amazes me the amount of inform. U can provide :-) nfm Constanza 11:03:49 3/26/98
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- bastards P. Bingham 22:12:58 3/25/98
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- Out of the running... Marie Bernadette 13:29:53 3/23/98
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- Lords & unexpected babies P. Bingham 18:52:35 3/21/98
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- Very informative! Lesley 00:18:26 3/21/98
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- Laurence Stone's other book P. Bingham 13:50:16 3/20/98
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- house servants and marriage P. Bingham 18:31:18 3/19/98
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- Pregnant servants and a question Constanza 16:49:10 3/19/98
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