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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Frank, Cathrine O.
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2010.
Subjects:	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. Electronic books.
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Table of 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 près, fiction, and the limits of intention; Fictions of justice: testamentary intention and the illegitimate heir.