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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450920903321

Autore

Kilroy James, Dr.

Titolo

The nineteenth-century English novel [[electronic resource] ] : family ideology and narrative form / / James F. Kilroy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007

ISBN

1-281-36341-3

9786611363413

0-230-60435-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

823.809354

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Domestic fiction, English - History and criticism

Families in literature

Ideology in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Protecting the Family: Mansfield Park and Lodore; A Question of Survival: Dombey and Son and The Newcomes; The Threat of Evolution: The Mill on the Floss and The Daisy Chain; The End of the Story: The Master of Ballantrae and Ernest Pontifex; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through analysis of eight English novels of the Nineteenth century, this work explores the ways in which the novel contributes to the formation of ideology regarding the family, and, conversely, the ways in which changing attitudes toward the family shape and reshape the novel.