The family novel in Russia and England, 1800-1880 /

This text offers a new understanding of the relationship between family structures and narrative structure in the nineteenth-century novel. Comparing Russia and England, it argues that the two nations had fundamentally different conceptions of the family and that these, in turn, shaped the way they...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Berman, Anna A.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Zusammenfassung:
This text offers a new understanding of the relationship between family structures and narrative structure in the nineteenth-century novel. Comparing Russia and England, it argues that the two nations had fundamentally different conceptions of the family and that these, in turn, shaped the way they constructed plots. The English placed primary value on the vertical, diachronic family axis - looking back to ancestors and head to progeny - while the Russians emphasized the lateral, synchronic axis - family expanding outward in the present from nuclear core, to extended and chosen kin. This difference shaped the way authors plotted consanguineal relations, courtship and marriage, and alternative kinship constructions.
Umfang:
1 online resource (262 pages).
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2022.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191957543
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780192866622.001.0001
Schlagworte:
Families in literature.
Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, Russian > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Russian fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Families > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Families > Russia > History > 19th century.
Literature.
Literature: history & criticism.
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