| Descript |
xiv, 264 p. ; 25 cm |
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Making and breaking the rules : an introduction -- "Cousins in love, &c." in Jane Austen -- Husband, wife, and sister : making and unmaking the early Victorian family -- Orphan stories : adoption and affinity in Charlotte Brontë -- Intercrossing, interbreeding, and The mill on the Floss -- Fictive kinship and natural affinities in Wives and daughters -- Virginia Woolf and Victorian "incests" |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-257) and index |
| Subject |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Family in literature
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Sex in literature
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Marriage in literature
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Incest in literature
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780801447075 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0801447070 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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