Sibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835-1900

By Emily E. VanDette

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134944958X
• ISBN13: 9781349449583
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"