03899nam 2200793 450 991079313340332120200122115653.01-5261-3059-910.7765/9781526130594(CKB)4100000006670426(Au-PeEL)EBL5512445(CaPaEBR)ebr11608872(OCoLC)1054055767(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78455(MiAaPQ)EBC5512445(UkMaJRU)992979819626001631(DE-B1597)659272(DE-B1597)9781526130594(EXLCZ)99410000000667042620191209h20182000 fy 0engur||#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOrphan texts Victorian orphans, culture and empire /Laura PetersManchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2018.©20001 online resource (168 pages) digital file(s)Originally published by Manchester University Press in hardback 2000.0-7190-9016-4 0-7190-5232-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Difference within; Popular orphan adventure narratives; The emigration of orphan children; Exile and return; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; References; IndexIn 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.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismOrphans in literatureLiteraturemupLiterary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900bicsscLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshbisachLiterary studies: c 1800 to c 1900themaCriticism, interpretation, etc.Bermuda.Canada.Charles Dickens.George Eliot.New South Wales.Rose Macaulay.The Mystery of Edwin Drood.Victorian culture.Wuthering Heights.criminal orphan.foreigner.orphan texts.policing empire.post-colonial studies.English literatureHistory and criticism.Orphans in literature.LiteratureLiterary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary studies: c 1800 to c 1900820.9008Peters Laura(Laura L.),1544528UkMaJRUBOOK9910793133403321Orphan texts3798825UNINA