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245 10 a| Haphazard families :b| romanticism, nation, and the prehistory of modern adoption /c| Eric C. Walker.;

264 1 a| Columbus :b| The Ohio State University Press,c| [2024];

300 a| xiii, 233 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Formations: adoption, kinship, and culture;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: Thérèse Levasseur's lost children -- The burden of romantic childhood -- National children : the madness of William Austin -- Natural children : Jane Austen and adoption -- Abandoned children : Mary Shelley, Rousseau, and Frankenstein -- Unexplained children : Basil Caroline Montagu and the Wordsworth circle -- Found children : Emma Isola and Charles and Mary Lamb -- Conclusion: Untimely adoption.;

520 a| "Examines literary and historical adoptions associated with Queen Caroline, Jane Austen, the Wordsworths, Mary Shelley, the Lambs, Letitia Landon, and others to demonstrate how Romantic constructions of childhood supply foundational structures of modern adoptee subjectivity"--c| Provided by publisher.;

520 a| "There are no provisions for adoption in English common law, and adoption wasn't legally formalized in England and Wales until 1926. But a century earlier, untimely adoptions navigated the new exceptionalism of childhood in Romanticism. In Haphazard Families, Eric C. Walker explores the history of the adopted child in Romantic-era England. Taking up the stories of both fictional and historical adoptees, he demonstrates how these children, diminished to nonpersons, shouldered the burden of social constructs of nation, family, gender, and class. Walker further demonstrates how Rousseau's infamous failure to follow his own ideals of parenthood shaped British reactions in famous texts such as Frankenstein and Emma." --c| Publisher's description.;

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Haphazard families : romanticism, nation, and the prehistory of modern adoption / Eric C. Walker.

Author/creator	Walker, Eric C. author.
Format	Book
Publication	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024]
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Levasseur, Marie-Thérèse, 1721-1801--Family. Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon), 1802-1838. Moxon, Emma Isola, 1809-1891. Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847. Adoption--Great Britain. --History. --19th century. Adoption in literature. Adopted children--Great Britain. --History. Abandoned children--Great Britain. --History. English literature--19th century. --History and criticism. Romanticism--Great Britain.

Series	Formations: adoption, kinship, and culture Formations: adoption, kinship, and culture. ^A1454275
Contents	Introduction: Thérèse Levasseur's lost children -- The burden of romantic childhood -- National children : the madness of William Austin -- Natural children : Jane Austen and adoption -- Abandoned children : Mary Shelley, Rousseau, and Frankenstein -- Unexplained children : Basil Caroline Montagu and the Wordsworth circle -- Found children : Emma Isola and Charles and Mary Lamb -- Conclusion: Untimely adoption.
Abstract	"Examines literary and historical adoptions associated with Queen Caroline, Jane Austen, the Wordsworths, Mary Shelley, the Lambs, Letitia Landon, and others to demonstrate how Romantic constructions of childhood supply foundational structures of modern adoptee subjectivity"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	"There are no provisions for adoption in English common law, and adoption wasn't legally formalized in England and Wales until 1926. But a century earlier, untimely adoptions navigated the new exceptionalism of childhood in Romanticism. In Haphazard Families, Eric C. Walker explores the history of the adopted child in Romantic-era England. Taking up the stories of both fictional and historical adoptees, he demonstrates how these children, diminished to nonpersons, shouldered the burden of social constructs of nation, family, gender, and class. Walker further demonstrates how Rousseau's infamous failure to follow his own ideals of parenthood shaped British reactions in famous texts such as Frankenstein and Emma." -- Publisher's description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.
LCCN	2023057251
ISBN	9780814215661 (hardback)
ISBN	0814215661 (hardback)
ISBN	9780814259085 (paperback)
ISBN	0814259081 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)
ISBN	(ebook)

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