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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817556103321

Autore

Carlson Julie Ann <1955->

Titolo

England's first family of writers : Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley / / Julie A. Carlson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8018-9183-3

1-4356-9197-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

823/.7

Soggetti

Authors, English - 18th century - Family relationships

Authors, English - 19th century - Family relationships

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

England Social life and customs 18th century

England Social life and customs 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Family, Writing, Public -- PART I: REVISING FAMILY -- 1 Making Public Love -- 2 Forms of Attachment -- 3 Family Relations -- PART II: LIFE WORKS -- 4 Fancy's History -- 5 Living Off and On: The Literary Work of Mourning -- 6 A Juvenile Library -- or, Works of a New Species -- Epilogue. On Percy's Case -- Primary Works and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

She explores how, over time, their reception has evinced ongoing public resistance to those who critique family values.