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Author:

Perry, Ruth, 1943-

Title:

Novel relations : the transformation of kinship in English literature and culture, 1748-1818 / Ruth Perry.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 466 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
Family in literature.
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Domestic fiction, English--History and criticism.
Family--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Marriage in literature.
Kinship in literature.
Women in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-448) and index.

Contents:

The great disinheritance -- Fathers and daughters -- Sister-right and the bonds of consanguinity -- Brotherly love in life and literature -- Privatized marriage and property relations -- Sexualized marriage and property in the person -- Farming fiction : Arthur Young and the problem of representation -- The importance of aunts -- Family feeling.

ISBN:

9780521836944 (hardback)
0521836948 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53360446

LCCN:

2003064022

Locations:

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

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)