Sibling Love and Incest in Jane Austen's Fiction

Hudson, G.

ISBN 10: 0333752074 / ISBN 13: 9780333752074

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

About this Item

Examines Austen's presentation of sibling love and rivalry in the context of the social and historical changes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and analyses the incest motif in numerous works of the period, arguing that the handling of incestuous themes represents a stage in the development of the novel. Originally published in 1992. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257. . 1999. 1999th Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sibling Love and Incest in Jane Austen's Fiction
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333752074
• ISBN 13: 9780333752074
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Examines Austen's presentation of sibling love and rivalry in the context of the social and historical changes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and analyses the incest motif in numerous works of the period, arguing that the handling of incestuous themes represents a stage in the development of the novel. Originally published in 1992.

About the Author

GLENDA HUDSON is an Associate Professor at the California State University, she specializes in Victorian literature and the British novel. Born in Canterbury, England, she received her B.A. from the University of Leeds and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. She is the co-author of A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms. Her articles and reviews of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century fiction have appeared in Jane Austen and Discourses of Feminism, Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Persuasions, Remate de Males, and Studies in the Novel. In addition to her work in literary studies, she has published work on professional writing in Studies in Technical Communication and The Writing Instructor.