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In Orphan Narratives, Valérie Loichot investigates the fiction and poetry of four writers who emerged from the postslavery plantation world of the Americas--Wi
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Authors: Laura Peters
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-30 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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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 fami
Dickens and Childhood
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'No words can express the secret agony of my soul'. Dickens's tantalising hint alluding to his time at Warren's Blacking Factory remains a gnomic statement unti
Rereading Orphanhood
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Rereading Orphanhood: Texts, Inheritance, Kin explores the ways in which the figure of the literary orphan can be used to illuminate our understanding of the cu
The Orphan in Fiction and Comics since the 19th Century
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The orphan has turned out to be an extraordinarily versatile literary figure. By juxtaposing diverse fictional representations of orphans, this volume sheds lig