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The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction

The Vicissitudes of the Eighteenth-Century Subject
By:E. König
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781349479849
eText ISBN:9781137382023
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity.