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The orphan in eighteenth-century law and literature

by Nixon, Cheryl,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present Published by : Ashgate, (Burlington, Vt. :) Physical details: x, 290 p. : ill.
Subject(s): English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism. | Orphans in literature. | Property in literature. | Orphans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. | Orphans -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. | Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the valued orphan : law and literature -- The poor orphan : factual/fictional institutions and statutory law -- The propertied orphan : public/private papers and parliamentary acts -- The male orphan plot : fictionalizing the family in Annesley v. Anglesey -- The female orphan plot : rewriting and rereading the family in Palmer v. Palmer -- The confined orphan : ravishing guardians and the heiress' marriage plot -- The mobile orphan : charitable bodies and the gentleman's picaresque -- Conclusion : the valued individual : estate, blood, and body.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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