Abstract
Introduction and Historical FoundationPrologue: Telling Stories in the CourtroomCriminal Conversation and the Conversational Process of the LawThe Transformative Magic of Legal Fictions: The Suppression of Sex in Early English Civil Adultery CasesTheodore Tilton v. Henry Ward Beecher: Criminal Conversation, 1875Prologue: Crisis of Confidence in the CourtroomThe Maintenance of Mutual Confidence: Sentimental Strategies at the Beecher-Tilton TrialSilent Woman, Speaking Fiction: The ministry of Catherine Gaunt at the Beecher-Tilton TrialFemale-Plaintiff Criminal Conversation Cases: Rewriting the Law's Story of MarriagePrologue: Four CasesRethinking the Law's Story of Marriage: The Bonds of SentimentConsequences of Change: The Sexually Passive Husband and the Erotically Autonomous Wife
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