Devoted sisters
Subtitle: representations of the sister relationship in nineteenth-century British and American literature
By: Sarah Annes Brown.
Series: The nineteenth century; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Sisters in literature.; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 19th century.; American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Description: "Devoted Sisters seeks to explore - and explain - the power of the sister bond in nineteenth-century literature. Sarah Annes Brown has researched a wide range of British and American texts, including both canonical works, such as Pride and Prejudice, Little Women and Middlemarch, and fascinating but lesser known novels by authors such as Dinah Mulock Craik and Catherine Sedgwick. In addition to contemporary resources such as conduct books, letters, and accounts of parliamentary proceedings, Devoted Sisters draws on recent psychoanalytical and anthropological research to illuminate nineteenth-century depictions of the sister relationship." "As well as scholars and students of Victorian literature, this book is aimed at all readers with an interest in the dynamics of family relationships, particularly those who are - or have - a sister."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-173) and index.