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Ancestry and narrative in nineteenth-century British literature
xiii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Oral and written genealogies in Edgeworth's The absentee -- A mirror for matriarchs: the cult of Mary Queen of Scots in nineteenth-century literature -- Pedigree, nation, race: the case of Disraeli's Sybil and Tancred -- 'A sort of Royal family': alternative pedigrees in Meredith's Evan Harrington -- Pedigree, sati and the widow in Meredith's The egoist -- Pedigree and forgetting in Hardy -- Geology and genealogy: Hardy's The well-beloved.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-275) and index.
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 18