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This article examines Georgian autobiographers' memories of their parents, which offer insights into attitudes toward family, indicate the emotional significance of the role that parents played in their offsprings’ lives from childhood to old age, and were important in the formation of personal identities

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This article is important because it draws on the role of memories in forging and sustaining family relationships over time.

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This page is a summary of: The ‘‘Afterlife’’ of Parenting: Memory, Parentage, and Personal Identity in Britain c. 1760-1830, Journal of Family History, April 2010, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0363199010369528.
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