“I have spoken of reinventing marriage, of marriages achieving their rebirth in the middle age of the partners. This phenomenon has been called the 'comedy of remarriage' by Stanley Cavell, whose Pursuits of Happiness, a film book, is perhaps the… — Carolyn G. Heilbrun Copy Share Image
“Most of us begin, aided by almost every aspect of our culture, hoping for a perfect marriage. What this means is that we accept sexual attractiveness as a clue to finding our way in the labyrinth of marriage. It almost never is. Oddly enough, the media, which promise marriage as the happy ending, almost simultaneously show it, after several years,… — Carolyn G. Heilbrun Copy Share
“It is noteworthy that few works of fiction make marriage their central concern. As Northrup Frye puts it, with his accustomed clarity: 'The heroine… — Carolyn G. Heilbrun Copy Share Image
“I have spoken of reinventing marriage, of marriages achieving their rebirth in the middle age of the partners. This phenomenon has been called the… — Carolyn G. Heilbrun Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women...” — Carolyn G. Heilbrun Copy Share Image
