Mothering daughters : novels and the politics of family romance : Frances Burney to Jane Austen / Susan C. Greenfield.

Author/creator Greenfield, Susan C.
Format Book
Publication InfoDetroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2002.
Description227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of Contents
Subjects
English fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Mothers and daughters in literature.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
English fiction--18th century. --History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, English--History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, English--History and criticism.
Motherhood in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Families in literature.

Contents "The lovely resemblance of her lovely mother": Evelina and later novels -- Gothic mothers and homoerotic desire: incestuous longing in The Italian -- The maternal bosom: sexual difference and custody in The wrongs of woman; or, Maria -- The maternal bosom: sexual and colonial difference in Belinda -- Mother, daughter, and mulatto: women's exchange in Adeline Mowbray -- The riddle of Emma: maternity and the unconscious.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.
LCCN 2001004773
ISBN0814329926 (cloth, alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR858.M69 G74 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold