Sibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835-1900

Zusatztext "Sibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835 1900 offers an expansive and engaging look at the brother-sister bond in nineteenth-century American literature." - American Studies "Van Dette is the first scholar to explore the important issue of brother-sister ties in nineteenth-century American literature. She argues convincingly that domestic fiction writers used the sibling relationship to address the tensions between independence and solidarity during the nation's long crisis of union. Lucid and accessible, this book will be of interest to scholars of American literature, American history, American studies, and family studies." - C. Dallett Hemphill, Ursinus College, USA Informationen zum Autor Emily E. VanDette is an assistant professor of English at SUNY Fredonia. Klappentext This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately, Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions, slavery debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Zusammenfassung This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately! Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions! slavery debates! the Civil War! and Reconstruction. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Sibling Pedagogy: The Brother-Sister Ideal in Domestic Advice and Children's Periodical Literature 2. Remembering Resistance and Resilience: The Revolutionary Sibling Romances of Sedgwick, Simms, and Kennedy 3. 'She carried the romance of sisterly affection too far': Sibling Love in Caroline Lee Hentz's Ernest Linwood 4. 'A whole, perfect thing': Sibling Bonds and Anti-slavery Politics in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred 5. Reconstructing Siblings in the African American Nadir: Siblings in Post-Reconstruction Novels by Frances E. W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, and Charles Chesnutt Epilogue: Sibling Romance in/and the Canon; Or, the Ambiguities...

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• Authors: E VanDette, E. VanDette, Emily E. Vandette, VANDETTE EMILY E
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2013
• EAN: 9781137287182
• ISBN: 978-1-137-28718-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, History, Society & culture: general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Media and Communication, Literature: history & criticism, History of the Americas, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, History, Modern, Modern History, America—History, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, United States—History, US History, Palgrave Literature Collection, America—Literatures, North American Literature