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Literary relations : kinship and the canon, 1660-1830 / Jane Spencer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, Jane.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English literature.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Authors, English--Family relationships.
- Authors, English.
- Mentoring of authors--Great Britain.
- Mentoring of authors.
- Women and literature--Great Britain.
- Women and literature.
- Kinship in literature.
- Families in literature.
- Canon (Literature).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Literary Relations argues that kinship relations between writers, both literal and figurative, played a central part in the creation of a national tradition of English literature. Through studies of writing relationships, including those between William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Henry and Sarah Fielding, Frances and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, it shows that kinship between writers played a significant role not just in individual livesbut in the formation of generic traditions. As writers looked back to founding fathers, and hoped to have writing sons, the
- Contents:
- Fathers and mentors
- The mighty mother
- Brothers, sisters, and new provinces of writing
- Women in the literary family.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-253) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610756582
- 0-19-153235-5
- 1-4294-9290-2
- 1-280-75658-6
- OCLC:
- 735627046
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