Orphan Texts: Victorians, Orphans, Culture and Empire

by Laura Peters

Book Overview

In one of the first studies of its kind, Orphan texts seeks to insert the orphan, and the problems its existence poses, in the larger critical areas of the family and childhood in Victorian culture. In doing so, Laura Peters considers certain canonical texts alongside lesser known works from popular culture in order to establish the context in which discourses of orphanhood operated.

The study argues that the prevalence of the orphan figure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719090164
• ISBN13: 9780719090165
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"