{"product_id":"parentage-and-inheritance-in-the-novels-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9780521172325","title":"Parentage and Inheritance in the Novels of Charles Dickens (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521172325","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eParentage and Inheritance in the Novels of Charles Dickens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDickens's plots and the process of succession, based on the inheritance of looks, name and property.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnny Sadrin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521172325, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.28 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDickens' plots have often been dismissed as conventional or cheaply sensational: Anny Sadrin argues that they should rather be seen as the embodiment of one of Dickens's central preoccupations: dramatised rituals of succession. Through readings of individual texts Professor Sadrin shows how the simple pattern of quest for father which characterises Oliver Twist develops in Dickens's later novels into an extended exploration of the triple inheritance of looks, name and property. Increasing intricacies of plot represent growing tension between conflicting forces in the parent–child relationship: the wish to belong and the wish to break free, the quest for identity and the fear of shameful identification, the filial piety of Telemachus and the patricidal yearnings of Oedipus. Throughout, Dickens is using plot to account for the complex process of reinstatement and revaluation which enables rightful heirs to take their rightful place in the family and society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: to have or not to be\u003cbr\u003e 1. Parentage and inheritance: in the name of the father, mothers and daughters, fathers in heaven, sons on earth\u003cbr\u003e 2. Domestic and national: Dickens and son, the holy family\u003cbr\u003e 3. The parish boy's progress: a pilgrimage to origins\u003cbr\u003e 4. The sons of Dombey: a daughter after all? The sons of Dombeyism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Nemo's daughter and her inheritance of shame\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Nobody's fault' or the inheritance of guilt: nobody, everybody, somebody\u003cbr\u003e 7. Dickens's disinherited boy and his great expectations: bastard or foundling? From tale to fable\u003cbr\u003e 8. Inheritance or death: money and origins, death in effigy, the holy sacricifice, the alchemist\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Oedipus or Telemachus?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000173678872,"sku":"9780521172325","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521172325i_395d26e7-2006-4b04-9962-617dab9fbab6.jpg?v=1691372930","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/parentage-and-inheritance-in-the-novels-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9780521172325","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}