The Literary Mother
Subtitle: Essays on Representations of Maternity and Child Care
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780786430468
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; American Essays; Parent And Child; Family & Relationships; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Family/Marriage; USA; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Women's Studies - General; Reference / General; Essays; Parenting - Motherhood; American literature; English literature; History and criticism; Mothers 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.