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Family matters in the British and American novel

by Andrea O'Reilly Herrera, Elizabeth Mahn Nollen, Sheila M. Foor

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Family Matters in the British and American Novel examines the literature that challenges and alters widely held assumptions about the form of the family, familial authority patterns, and the function of courtship, marriage, and family life from the late-eighteenth century to the present day.

Family in literatureHistory and criticismEnglish Domestic fictionLiterature and societyAmerican Domestic fictionFamilies in literature