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Ancestry and Narrative in Nineteenth-Century British Literature - Blood Relations from Edgeworth to Hardy (Hardcover, New)
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Ancestry and Narrative in Nineteenth-Century British Literature - Blood Relations from Edgeworth to Hardy (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
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This 1999 study addresses the question of why ideas of ancestry and
kinship were so important in nineteenth-century society, and
particularly in the Victorian novel. Through readings of a range of
literary texts, Sophie Gilmartin explores questions fundamental to
the national and racial identity of Victorian Britons: what makes
people believe that they are part of a certain region, race or
nation? Is this sense of belonging based on superstitious beliefs,
invented traditions, or fictions created to gain a sense of unity
or community? As Britain extended her empire over foreign nations
and races, questions of blood relations, of assimilation and
difference, and of national and racial definition came to the fore.
Gilmartin's study shows how the ideas of ancestry and kinship, and
the narratives inspired by or invented around them, were of
profound significance in the construction of Victorian identity.
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