Troubled legacies : narrative and inheritance / edited by Allan Hepburn.

Other author Hepburn, Allan.
Format Book
Publication InfoToronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Legal stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Inheritance and succession in literature.
Law and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Law and literature--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
Property in literature.
Real property in literature.

Contents Introduction: inheritance and disinheritance in the novel / Allan Hepburn -- Owenson's 'Sacred union': domesticating Ireland, disavowing Catholicism in The wild Irish girl / Patrick R. O'Malley -- The nation's wife: England's vicarious enjoyment in Anthony Trollope's Palliser novels / Sara L. Mauer -- Ghostly dispossessions: the Gothic properties of Uncle Silas / Ann Gaylin -- The Englishness of a gentleman: illegitimacy and race in Daniel Deronda / Natalie Rose -- A battle of wills: solving The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Carol Margaret Davison -- E.M. Forster's The longest journey and the legacy of sentiment / Jay Dickson -- Heredity and disinheritance in Joyce's Portrait / Bradley D. Clissold -- Elizabeth Bowen and the maternal sublime / Maria DiBattista -- Good graces: inheritance and social climging in Brideshead revisited / Allan Hepburn -- Maternal property and female voice in Banville's fiction / Jason S. Polley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780802091109 (bound)
ISBN0802091105 (bound)

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Joyner General Stacks PR 878.L43 T76 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold