TY - BOOK AU - Nixon,Cheryl ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The orphan in eighteenth-century law and literature: estate, blood, and body T2 - Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present AV - PR448.O77 N59 2011eb U1 - 823/.5093526945 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Burlington, Vt. PB - Ashgate KW - English literature KW - 18th century KW - History and criticism KW - Orphans in literature KW - Property in literature KW - Orphans KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Law and literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10460636 ER -