Title The literary mother : essays on representations of maternity and child care / edited by Susan C. Staub

Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007] ©2007

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Description vi, 267 pages ; 23 cm Summary "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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Mothers in literature. English literature -- History and criticism. American literature -- History and criticism. Motherhood in literature. Mother and child in literature. Author Staub, Susan C. LC no. 2007012693 ISBN 9780786430468 paperback alkaline paper 078643046X paperback alkaline paper

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