The literary mother
Subtitle: essays on representations of maternity and child care
By: [edited by] Susan C. Staub.
Contributors: Staub, Susan C.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786430468
Subjects: Mothers in literature; English literature -- History and criticism; American literature -- History and criticism; Motherhood in literature; Mother and child in literature
Description: "The book looks at motherhood, also social and cultural dictates. Works examined include William Shakespeare's Venus; Daniel Defoe's Roxana; Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son; Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the life of a slave girl; John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath; Dorothy Leigh's The mother's blessing; and W.S. Penn's Killing time with strangers, among others"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.