Law, literature, and the transmission of culture in England, 1837-1925
By: by Cathrine O. Frank.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409400141; 9780754698647
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History; Wills -- Great Britain -- History; Wills in literature; Inheritance and succession in literature; Inheritance and succession -- Great Britain -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Writing the will. Writing the will: Victorian testators and legal culture; Writing the novel: Victorian testators and literary culture; title: Part II: Proving the will. Victorian daughters and the burden of inheritance; Edwardian sons and the burden of inheritance redux; title: Part III: Contesting the will. Broken trusts: cy près, fiction, and the limits of intention; Fictions of justice: testamentary intention and the illegitimate heir.