The woman's question and the man's answer; or, Reflections on the social consequences of legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister. By B.A.W.

The woman's question and the man's answer; or, Reflections on the social consequences of legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister. By B.A.W. PDF Author: B A. W
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Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Sisters and the English Household

Sisters and the English Household PDF Author: Anne D. Wallace
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1783088478
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Sisters and the English Household revalues unmarried adult sisters in nineteenthcentury English literature as positive figures of legal and economic autonomy representing productive labor in the domestic space. As a crucial site of contested values, the adult unmarried sister carries the discursive weight of sustained public debates about ideals of domesticity in nineteenth-century England. Engaging scholarly histories of the family, and providing a detailed account of the 70-year Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister controversy, Anne Wallace traces an alternative domesticity anchored by adult sibling relations through Dorothy Wordsworth’s journals; William Wordsworth’s poetry; Mary Lamb’s essay “On Needle-Work”; and novels by Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Dinah Mulock Craik and George Eliot. Recognizing adult sibling relationships, and the figure of the adult unmarried sibling in the household, as primary and generative rather than contingent and dependent, and recognizing material economy and law as fundamental sources of sibling identity, Sisters and the English Household resets the conditions for literary critical discussions of sibling relations in nineteenth-century England.

In-Laws and Outlaws

In-Laws and Outlaws PDF Author: Sybil Wolfram
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000894312
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Originally published in 1987, this book presented for the first time a unified treatment of English kinship of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This system, far from being a patchwork of historical accidents, has a remarkably logical overall structure, permeating both law and custom. To understand it one must study a wide variety of sources ranging from Parliamentary debates through accounts of contemporary events, cases and incidents to fiction of the day. The work is pertinent to current studies in a number of fields: in history it represents a systematic overview, highlighting new sources of material, while for lawyers it gives a historical context and explanation of ‘family law’, particularly topical for impending English legislation in this area at the time. It collects two centuries of sociological data, and presents social anthropologists with the English system for comparison with systems conventionally studied in the field and with kinship theory. Finally, it provides philosophers with a new arena in which to discuss the nature of explanations of human activities, besides raising fresh questions.

The dean; or, The popular preacher, by Berkeley Aikin

The dean; or, The popular preacher, by Berkeley Aikin PDF Author: Fanny Aikin- Kortright
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Languages : en
Pages : 294

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The Dean; Or, the Popular Preacher. A Tale

The Dean; Or, the Popular Preacher. A Tale PDF Author: Berkeley AIKIN (pseud. [i.e. Fanny Aikin Kortright.])
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Languages : en
Pages : 294

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The Bigamy Plot

The Bigamy Plot PDF Author: Maia McAleavey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107103169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261

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This study explores the prevalence of bigamy in Victorian fiction to challenge traditional understanding of the period's social and narrative conventions.

Friendship, and other poems. By Hibernicus

Friendship, and other poems. By Hibernicus PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104

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The Athenaeum

The Athenaeum PDF Author:
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 942

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Friendship, and Other Poems

Friendship, and Other Poems PDF Author: Hibernicus (pseud.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 104

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The Bookseller

The Bookseller PDF Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 878

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