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Ancestry and narrative in nineteenth-century British literature : blood relations from Edgeworth to Hardy

Title
  1. Ancestry and narrative in nineteenth-century British literature : blood relations from Edgeworth to Hardy / Sophie Gilmartin.
Published by
  1. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Author
  1. Gilmartin, Sophie.

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Description
  1. xiii, 281 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 18
Subject
  1. Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 > Knowledge > Genealogy
  2. Families in literature
  3. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 > Knowledge > Genealogy
  4. English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  5. Narration (Rhetoric)
  6. Genealogy in literature
  7. Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism
Contents
  1. Oral and written genealogies in Edgeworth's The absentee -- A mirror for matriarchs: the cult of Mary Queen of Scots in nineteenth-century literature -- Pedigree, nation, race: the case of Disraeli's Sybil and Tancred -- 'A sort of Royal family': alternative pedigrees in Meredith's Evan Harrington -- Pedigree, sati and the widow in Meredith's The egoist -- Pedigree and forgetting in Hardy -- Geology and genealogy: Hardy's The well-beloved.
Call number
  1. JFE 00-15359
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index.
Author
  1. Gilmartin, Sophie.
Title
  1. Ancestry and narrative in nineteenth-century British literature : blood relations from Edgeworth to Hardy / Sophie Gilmartin.
Imprint
  1. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Series
  1. Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 18
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index.
LCCN
  1. 97047557
ISBN
  1. 0521560942
Research call number
  1. JFE 00-15359
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