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Author Frank, Cathrine O.

Title Law, literature, and the transmission of culture in England, 1837-1925 [electronic resource] / Cathrine O. Frank.

Imprint Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 249 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: Writing the will. Writing the will: Victorian testators and legal culture; Writing the novel: Victorian testators and literary culture -- Part II: Proving the will. Victorian daughters and the burden of inheritance; Edwardian sons and the burden of inheritance redux -- Part III: Contesting the will. Broken trusts: cy pres, fiction, and the limits of intention; Fictions of justice: testamentary intention and the illegitimate heir.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Law and literature -- Great Britain -- History.
Wills -- Great Britain -- History.
Wills in literature.
Inheritance and succession in literature.
Inheritance and succession -- Great Britain -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781409400141 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780754698647 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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