Title: The motherless child in the novels of Pauline Hopkins /
Authors: Bergman, Jill, 1963-
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Hopkins, Pauline E. Criticism and interpretation.; American fiction African American authors History and criticism; American fiction Women authors History and criticism; African American women authors Intellectual life.; Children in literature; Mothers in literature; Parental deprivation in literature.; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Contents: Introduction: the motherless child in the post-reconstruction United States -- "The blessed relief of tears": maternal redemption in Contending forces -- Motherlessness in the nation's capital: the national father in Hagar's daughter -- "Somethin's gwine happen": national warning in Winona -- Finding mother Africa: of one blood and Hopkins's national vision -- Coda.