Orphan texts : Victorian orphans, culture and empire / Laura Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Laura (Laura L.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphans in literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

vii, 158 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

In one of the first studies of its kind, "Orphan Texts" seeks to insert the orphan, and the problems its existence poses, in the larger critical areas on the family and childhood in Victorian culture. In doing so, Laura Peters considers certain canonical texts alongside lesser known works from popular culture in order to establish the context in which discourses of orphanhood operated.

ISBN:

0719052327

OCLC:

45994982