Law, literature, and the transmission of culture in England, 1837-1925

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Auteur principal : Frank Cathrine O. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Law, literature, and the transmission of culture in England, 1837-1925 / Cathrine O. Frank,...
Publié : Farnham (GB), Burlington (Vt.) : Ashgate , cop. 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (250 p.)
Sujets :
  • Part 1 Writing the will
  • 1 Writing the will : Victorian testators and legal culture
  • 2 Writing the novel : Victorian testators and literary culture
  • Part 2 Proving the Will
  • 3 Victorian daughters and the burden of inheritance
  • 4 Edwardian sons and the burden of inheritance redux
  • Part 3 Contesting the Will
  • 5 Broken trusts : Cy Près, fiction, and the limits of intention
  • 6 Fictions of justice : testamentary intention and the illegitimate heir