ISBN:
9780192556349
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (235 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.875094109/03
Keywords:
Brothers and sisters in literature
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The Ties that Bind is the first study to examine the place of brothers and sister in family life, and in society, in England during the Early Modern period. By exploring the bonds between contemporaries -- such as Samuel Pepys -- and their siblings, The Ties that Bind sheds new light on this familiar familial relationship.
Abstract:
Cover -- The Ties that Bind: Siblings, Family, and Society in Early Modern England -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction -- PART I: SIBLING ISSUES -- 2: The Experience of Childhood -- THE CONTEXT OF CHILDHOOD -- GENDER PREFERENCES -- PARENTAL FAVOURITISM AND SIBLING RIVALRY -- CHILDHOOD BONDS: FRIENDSHIP AND CARING -- 3: Fraternal Bonds -- GENTLEMEN AND THEIR SIBLINGS -- RIVALRIES AND RESENTMENTS -- MIDDLING SORT AND ORDINARY FAMILIES -- THE TIES OF BLOOD AND LOVE -- 4: Across the Gender Divide -- BROTHERS AND THEIR SISTERS -- The Gentry: Protection, Guidance, and Control -- Middling Sorts, Ordinary Families, and the Poor -- SISTERS AND THEIR BROTHERS -- Dependency, Affection, and Agency -- Female Agency in Ordinary Families -- 5: The Sisters' World -- AGE AND SENIORITY -- FRIENDS AND ALLIES -- MIDDLING-SORT SISTERS -- ORDINARY WOMEN, SERVANTS, AND THE POOR -- RIVALRY AND INDIFFERENCE -- 6: Stepchildren, Half-Siblings, and the Illegitimate -- STEP-PARENTS AND CHILDREN -- HALF-SIBLINGS AND STEP-SIBLINGS -- ILLEGITIMATE SIBLINGS -- SIBLING INCEST -- 7: Siblings and Salvation -- SUPPORT, EXHORTATION, AND SOLIDARITY -- A DIVIDED NATION: THE CATHOLIC EXPERIENCE -- FAMILY CONFLICTS -- PART II: FAMILY STORIES -- 8: William Stout: Solidarity and Support -- 9: Samuel Pepys: Care and Control -- PALL THE UNWANTED -- TOM THE TAILOR -- JOHN THE STUDENT -- THE LATER YEARS AND THE LETTERS -- 10: Alice Thornton and Dorothy Osborne: Troubles with Brothers -- ALICE THORNTON (1626-1707) -- DOROTHY OSBORNE (1627-95) -- 11: James Yonge and John Cannon: Favouritism and Sibling Rivalry -- JAMES YONGE (1647-1721) -- JOHN CANNON (1684-1743) -- 12: Roger North and his Siblings: The Ties that Bind -- THE BAND OF BROTHERS -- THE WOMEN OF THE FAMILY -- SIBLING RIVALRY: CHARLES VERSUS THE REST -- 13: Conclusion.
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