Death and the mother from Dickens to Freud
Subtitle: Victorian fiction and the anxiety of origins
By: Carolyn Dever.
Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;; 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cmbridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Mothers in literature.; Psychoanalysis and literature -- Great Britain.; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Maternal deprivation in literature.; Motherhood in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Death in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-229) and index.