The orphan in eighteenth-century law and literature [electronic resource] : estate, blood, and body / Cheryl L. Nixon.
By: Nixon, Cheryl.
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BookSeries: Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present: Publisher: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011Description: x, 290 p. : ill.Subject(s): English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism | Orphans in literature | Property in literature | Orphans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Orphans -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 823/.5093526945 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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