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Ancestry and Narrative in Nineteenth-Century British Literature: Blood Relations from Edgeworth to Hardy - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Gilmartin, Sophie (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Ancestry and Narrative in Nineteenth-Century British Literature: Blood Relations from Edgeworth to Hardy - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Gilmartin, Sophie (Royal Holloway, University of London)
This 1999 study discusses what makes people believe they are part of a region, race or nation, and shows how ideas of ancestry and kinship, and the narratives inspired by or invented around them, were of profound significance in the construction of Victorian identity.
298 pages, 11 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 25, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521560948 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 298 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 237 × 25 mm · 584 g |
| Language | English |