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Author:

Weinstein, Cindy.

Title:

Family, kinship, and sympathy in nineteenth-century American literature / Cindy Weinstein.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 243 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, American--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.
Sympathy in literature.
Kinship in literature.
Family in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-236) and index.

Contents:

In loco parentis -- "A sort of adopted daughter": family relations in The lamplighter -- Thinking through sympathy: Kemble, Hentz, and Stowe -- Behind the scenes of sentimental novels: Ida Mae and Twelve years a slave -- Love American style: The wide, wide world -- We are family, or Melville's Pierre.

Series:

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture 147

ISBN:

9780521842532 (hardback)
0521842530 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54974516

LCCN:

2004045923

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)