Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Hepburn, Allan.

Description

1. 1 online resource (viii, 297 p.)

Uniform title

1. Troubled legacies (Online)

Subject

1. English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
2. English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
3. Legal stories, English > History and criticism
4. Law and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century
5. Law and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century
6. Inheritance and succession in literature
7. Wills in literature
8. Property in literature
9. Law in literature

Contents

1. Introduction: inheritance and disinheritance in the novel / Allan Hepburn -- Owenson's 'Sacred union': domesticating Ireland, disavowing Catholicism in The wild Irish girl / Patrick R. O'Malley -- The nation's wife: England's vicarious enjoyment in Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels / Sara L. Mauer -- Ghostly dispossessions: the Gothic properties of Uncle Silas / Ann Gaylin -- The Englishness of a gentleman: illegitimacy and race in Daniel Deronda / Natalie Rose -- A battle of wills: solving The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Carol Margaret Davison -- E.M. Forster's The longest journey and the legacy of sentiment / Jay Dickson -- Heredity and disinheritance in Joyce's Portrait / Bradley D. Clissold -- Elizabeth Bowen and the maternal sublime / Maria DiBattista -- Good graces: inheritance and social climging in Brideshead revisited / Allan Hepburn -- Maternal property and female voice in Banville's fiction / Jason S. Polley.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Title

1. Troubled legacies [electronic resource] : narrative and inheritance / edited by Allan Hepburn.

Imprint

1. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2007.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

Added author

1. Hepburn, Allan.

LCCN

1. 2008353693