Ep07 - Marriage and the New Woman with Dr. Ellen Campbell
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Today we are joined by guest scholar Dr. Ellen Campbell who discusses women’s rights under marriage contract law in the 19th century and the New Woman figure in Dracula.
Dr. Campbell received her doctorate from Southern Illinois University Carbondale where her dissertation discussed marriage trauma narratives in transatlantic 19th-century fiction. She is currently a lecturer at Auburn University and has a forthcoming chapter in the edited collection #MeToo Modernism from Clemson University Press.
Content Warning: this episode discusses themes related to domestic abuse and sexual assault. If these are triggers for you, please forego this episode join us for next week’s episode on Victorian New Media. Also, I’m offering you a giant virtual hug.
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