1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821388703321

Autore

Peters Laura (Laura L.)

Titolo

Orphan texts : Victorian orphans, culture and empire / / Laura Peters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2000

ISBN

1-5261-3059-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

820.9008

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Orphans in literature

Literature

Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published by Manchester University Press in hardback 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Difference within; Popular orphan adventure narratives; The emigration of orphan children; Exile and return; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In one of the first studies of its kind, Orphan texts seeks to insert the orphan, and the problems its existence poses, in the larger critical areas of the family and childhood in Victorian culture. In doing so, Laura Peters considers certain canonical texts alongside lesser known works from popular culture in order to establish the context in which discourses of orphanhood operated.The study argues that the prevalence of the orphan figure can be explained by considering the family. The family and all it came to represent - legitimacy, race and national belonging - was in crisis. In order to reaffirm itself the family needed a scapegoat: it found one in the orphan figure. As one who embodied the loss of the family, the orphan figure came to represent a dangerous threat to the family; and the family reaffirmed itself through



the expulsion of this threatening difference. Orphan texts will be of interest to final year undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and those interested in the areas of Victorian literature, Victorian studies, postcolonial studies, history and popular culture.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002986119707536

Autore

Bartoli, Pietro Santi

Titolo

Admiranda Romanarum antiquitatum ac veteris sculpturae vestigia [materiale grafico] anaglyphico opere elaborata ex marmoreis exemplaribus quae Romae adhuc extant in Capitolio, aedibus, hortisque virorum principum ad antiquam elegantiam a Petro Sancti Bartolo delineata incisa, in quibus plurima ac praeclarissima ad Romanam historiam ac veteres mores dignoscendos ob oculos ponuntur : notis Io. Petri Bellorii illustrata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Romae : Haec omnium quae extant nobilissima Romanae magnitudinis monumenta ad perenne antiquitatis studium ac decus cura, sumptibus ac typis edita à Joanne Jacobo de Rubeis restituit, auxit Dominicus de Rubeis, chalcographus, 1693

Descrizione fisica

1 v. (83 stampe) : bulino, b/n; 390 x 408 mm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Bellori, Giovanni Pietro <1615-1696>

Soggetti

Scultura romana

Roma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Microfilm

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Riproduzione in microfiche dell'originale conservato presso la Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana