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Families of the heart : surrogate relations in the eighteenth-century British novel / Ann Campbell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, Ann, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Transits (Bucknell University)
- Transits: literature, thought & culture 1650-1850
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Women in literature.
- Social groups in literature.
- Group identity in literature.
- Families in literature.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 165 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Just business: surrogate families as entrepreneurial ventures in Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders and Roxana
- Building a foundation for the family of the heart: prototypes of surrogate families in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Pamela in her exalted condition
- Perfecting the family of the heart: relationship remembered in Richardson's Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison
- An affinity for learning: Eliza Haywood's The history of Miss Betsy Thoughtless and The history of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy
- Adopting to change: choosing family in Frances Burney's Evelina and Cecilia
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the A. H. Scouten Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781684484270 (electronic bk.)
- 1684484278 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99993027268
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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