Literary Relations Kinship and the Canon 1660-1830

Name: Literary Relations Kinship and the Canon 1660-1830
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ISBN: 9780199262960

ISBN-10: 0199262969

ISBN-13: 9780199262960

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jane Spencer

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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 lives but in the formation of generic traditions. As writers looked back to founding fathers, and hoped to have writing sons, the literary tradition was modelled on the patriarchal family, imagined in tropes of genealogy and…

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List price: $73.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/29/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 5.71" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Introduction



Fathers and Mentors



The Mighty Mother



Brothers, Sisters, and New Provinces of Writing



Women in the Literary Family


Bibliography


Index