The Good Husband (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Gail Godwin
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1990-1993
- Setting: Aurelia, New York
- Principal Characters: Magda Danvers, Francis Lake, Hugo Henry, Alice Henry
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Freedom, Husbands, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Psychology or psychologists, Cancer, Feminism, Women, Death or dying, Signs or symbols
- Locales: Aurelia, NY
Gail Godwin’s novels tend to explore the fabric of relationships—particularly the peculiar give-and-take between two people that sustains love, remakes personalities, and lifts individuals out of isolation. In her early novels, particularly The Odd Woman (1974) and Violet Clay (1978), Godwin probes the consciousness of a single female protagonist who struggles to maintain some autonomy within a potentially damaging relationship. Similar themes appear in A Mother and Two Daughters (1982) and A Southern Family (1987), Godwin’s more expansive novels of the...
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