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Haphazard families : romanticism, nation, and the prehistory of modern adoption
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Haphazard families : romanticism, nation, and the prehistory of modern adoption / Eric C. Walker.
ISBN
9780814215661
0814215661
9780814259085
0814259081
9780814283455
0814283454
Publication
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024]
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Examines literary and historical adoptions associated with Queen Caroline, Jane Austen, the Wordsworths, Mary Shelley, the Lambs, Letitia Landon, and others to demonstrate how Romantic constructions of childhood supply foundational structures of modern adoptee subjectivity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 06, 2024
Series
Formations: adoption, kinship, and culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Thérèse Levasseur's lost children
The burden of romantic childhood
National children : the madness of William Austin
Natural children : Jane Austen and adoption
Abandoned children : Mary Shelley, Rousseau, and Frankenstein
Unexplained children : Basil Caroline Montagu and the Wordsworth circle
Found children : Emma Isola and Charles and Mary Lamb
Conclusion: Untimely adoption.
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