Nixon, Cheryl, 1965-
The orphan in eighteenth-century law and literature estate, blood, and body / [electronic resource] : Cheryl L. Nixon. - Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011. - x, 290 p. : ill. - Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present . - Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the valued orphan : law and literature -- The poor orphan : factual/fictional institutions and statutory law -- The propertied orphan : public/private papers and parliamentary acts -- The male orphan plot : fictionalizing the family in Annesley v. Anglesey -- The female orphan plot : rewriting and rereading the family in Palmer v. Palmer -- The confined orphan : ravishing guardians and the heiress' marriage plot -- The mobile orphan : charitable bodies and the gentleman's picaresque -- Conclusion : the valued individual : estate, blood, and body.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Orphans in literature.
Property in literature.
Orphans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Orphans--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Law and literature--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Electronic books.
PR448.O77 / N59 2011eb
823/.5093526945
The orphan in eighteenth-century law and literature estate, blood, and body / [electronic resource] : Cheryl L. Nixon. - Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011. - x, 290 p. : ill. - Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present . - Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the valued orphan : law and literature -- The poor orphan : factual/fictional institutions and statutory law -- The propertied orphan : public/private papers and parliamentary acts -- The male orphan plot : fictionalizing the family in Annesley v. Anglesey -- The female orphan plot : rewriting and rereading the family in Palmer v. Palmer -- The confined orphan : ravishing guardians and the heiress' marriage plot -- The mobile orphan : charitable bodies and the gentleman's picaresque -- Conclusion : the valued individual : estate, blood, and body.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Orphans in literature.
Property in literature.
Orphans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Orphans--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Law and literature--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Electronic books.
PR448.O77 / N59 2011eb
823/.5093526945