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Haphazard families : romanticism, nation, and the prehistory of modern adoption / Eric C. Walker.

Author/creator Walker, Eric C.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoColumbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024]
Descriptionpages cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from JSTOR Path to Open
Subject(s)
Series Formations: adoption, kinship, and culture
Formations: adoption, kinship, and culture.
Contents Introduction: Thérèse Levasseur's lost children -- The burden of romantic childhood -- National children : the madness of William Austin -- Natural children : Jane Austen and adoption -- Abandoned children : Mary Shelley, Rousseau, and Frankenstein -- Unexplained children : Basil Caroline Montagu and the Wordsworth circle -- Found children: Emma Isola and Charles and Mary Lamb -- Conclusion: Untimely adoption.
Abstract "Examines literary and historical adoptions associated with Queen Caroline, Jane Austen, the Wordsworths, Mary Shelley, the Lambs, Letitia Landon, and others to demonstrate how Romantic constructions of childhood supply foundational structures of modern adoptee subjectivity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2023057251
ISBN9780814215661 (hardback)
ISBN0814215661 (hardback)
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