Sibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835-1900

This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately, Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions, slavery debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

Publication Year: 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: H
Weight (Gram): 3796