TY - BOOK AU - Jamoussi,Zouheir TI - Primogeniture and Entail in England: a Survey of Their History and Representation in Literature SN - 9781443830607 AV - PR406.F36 U1 - 820.935254 PY - 2011/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Pub. KW - English literature KW - History and criticism KW - Fathers and sons in literature KW - Inheritance and succession in literature KW - Inheritance and succession KW - England KW - Primogeniture in literature KW - Primogeniture KW - Birth order KW - Brothers in literature KW - Entail KW - Littérature anglaise KW - Histoire et critique KW - Pères et fils dans la littérature KW - Successions et héritages dans la littérature KW - Successions et héritages KW - Angleterre KW - Droit d'aînesse dans la littérature KW - Droit d'aînesse KW - Rang de naissance KW - Frères dans la littérature KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Englisch KW - gnd KW - Erbfolge KW - Motiv KW - Erbrecht KW - Literatur KW - Primogenitur KW - idszbz KW - Erstgeburt KW - Geschwisterreihe KW - swd KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART TWO; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; GENERAL CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX N2 - This book examines the history and literary representation of one of the most idiosyncratic aspects of English socio-economic history, namely primogeniture as a rule governing the succession to landed estates. This double approach roughly covers the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Although this inheritance custom usually made the elder son sole heir to the whole paternal estate, to the exclusion and sometimes the utter impoverishment of the other children, and was therefore denounced as unjust UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=532168 ER -