The Family Crucuble in Eighteenth-century Literature
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: August 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780754652410
Subjects: Language, Literature And Biography; Literary Criticism; Family in literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Europe; European - French; European - General; 18th century; French literature; History and criticism
First sentence: Most social structures put the father at the center of power: all look to him or to his representative both when they need protection and when they want to subvert his will.