Family
By: editor, John V. Knapp
Series: Critical insights
Publisher: Salem Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ipswich, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781429837347
Subjects: Literature; Families in literature; Theory; History and criticism
Description: This volume in the Critical Insights series addresses the theme of family in literature through a diverse set of texts and through multiple methodologies. For readers who are studying the theme for the first time, a four essays survey the critical conversation regarding the theme, explore its cultural and historical contexts, and offer close and comparative readings of key texts containing the theme. Readers seeking a deeper understanding of the theme can then move on to other essays that explore it in depth through a variety of critical approaches.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.