Title: The Literary Mother
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.
Subjects: Motherhood in literature, Mothers in literature, Mother and child in literature, English literature, American literature, History and criticism, English literature, history and criticism, American literature, history and criticism