01487nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000077275 StDuBDS 20150804193945.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110509s2011 nyu fo| 001 0 eng d 9780199895106 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PS169.F35 810.9355 22 Singley, Carol J., 1951- Adopting America [electronic resource] : childhood, kinship, and national identity in literature / Carol J. Singley. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. American literature abounds with orphans who experience adoption or placements that resemble adoption. These stories do more than recount adventures of children living away from home. They tell an American story of family and national identity. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Includes bibliographical references and index. American literature History and criticism. Families in literature. Adoption in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. Children in literature. Print version 9780199779390 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199779390.001.0001 38371 38371