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Family Matters in the British and American Novel Edited by Andrea O'Reilly Herrera, Elizabeth Nollen and Sheila Reitzel Foor Popular Press Contributors examine the literature that challenges 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. Topics include: the family as a microcosm of the larger political sphere in Charlotte Smith, Jane West, Elizabeth Fenwick, Mrs. Opie, and Mary Shelley, and alternatives to the nuclear patriarchal family in Charlotte Brontë, Harriet Jacobs, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Mary Louisa Molesworth. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

1997 LC: 97-010064 PR 304 pp.   6 x 9 ISBN-10: 0-87972-745-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-745-1 Cloth $49.95 t ISBN-10: 0-87972-746-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-746-8 Paper $19.95 t Add titles to your shopping cart by clicking on the "Add this book to cart" link above. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with your credit card. Click here for a further explanation of the shopping cart feature Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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