Ritual violence and the maternal in the British novel, 1740-1820 /
Hilliard, Raymond F.,1943-
Lewisburg, Pa. : Bucknell University Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.
The myth of persecution -- Clarissa and Caleb Williams as tragic novels -- Doubling, splitting, and reparation in Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews -- The supernatural in The monk, Melmoth the wanderer, and Vathek -- "Restored to life" : daughter-mother identification in Evelina, A simple story, The wrongs of woman, and Sense and sensibility -- The murderous "mother" in The heart of Mid-Lothian and The bride of Lammermoor.
English fiction
English fiction
Mothers in literature.
Matriarchy in literature.
Violence in literature.
Reparation in literature.