Title Abortion, choice, and contemporary fiction : the armageddon of the maternal instinct / Judith Wilt

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1990] ©1990

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Description xiii, 183 pages ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Introduction: The Wreck, and the Story of the Wreck -- 1. Paradigms for the Plot of Maternal Choice: Novels by John Barth and Margaret Drabble -- 2. "We Are Not Dying": Abortion and Recovery in Four Novels by Women -- 3. Abortion and the Fears of the Fathers: Five Male Writers -- 4. Black Maternity: "A Need for Someone to Want the Black Baby to Live" -- Notes -- Index Analysis Abortion in literature American fiction--20th century--History and criticism Contraception in literature English fiction--20th century--History and criticism Mother and child in literature Motherhood in literature Mothers in literature Women in literature Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index Subject Abortion in literature. Abortion -- In literature. American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Birth control in literature. English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Mother and child in literature. Motherhood in literature. Mothers in literature. Women and literature -- English-speaking countries. Women in literature. LC no. 89020595 ISBN 0226901580 (alk. paper)

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