Narcissistic Mothers in Modernist Literature New Perspectives on Motherhood in the Works of D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Jean Rhys Marie Géraldine Rademacher

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rademacher, Marie Géraldine <p>Marie Géraldine Rademacher, University of Tokyo, Japan</p>, Author.

Series:

Lettre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narcissism.

Motherhood.

Self-Love.

Modernism.

Twentieth Century.

Literature.

Psychoanalysis.

British Studies.

General Literature Studies.

Gender Studies.

Literary Studies.

Local Subjects:

Narcissism.

Motherhood.

Self-Love.

Modernism.

Twentieth Century.

Literature.

Psychoanalysis.

British Studies.

General Literature Studies.

Gender Studies.

Literary Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Rademacher, Narcissistic Mothers in Modernist New Perspectives on Motherhood in the Works of D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Jean Rhys

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2019

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Marie Géraldine Rademacher works as post-doctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo in Japan. Her research focuses on Travel Writing written by European women who came to Japan in the early decade of the Twentieth century. She also teaches English Literature at Seikei University in Tokyo.

Summary:

Narcissistic mothers are an important motif in modernist literature. Tracing its appearance in the works of writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, this book questions the dichotomous image of either benevolent or suffocating mother, which has pervaded religion, art and literature for centuries. Instead of focusing on the mother-child dyad as characterized primarily by maternal domination and the child' s submission, Marie Géraldine Rademacher insists on the definitional nuances of the term »narcissism« and considers the political and socio-economic context of the time in shaping these women's narcissistic behavior. The study thus inspires a more positive (re)reading of the protagonists.

Besprochen in D. H. Lawrence Review, 45 (2024), Helen Wussow

Contents:

Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 1/ An Overview of Motherhood 9 2. Disentangling Notions 15 3. A Mother's Vision and Love in D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers 43 4. Mothers and Social Criticism in James Joyce's Dubliners 77 5. A Mother's 'Divided Self' in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse 105 6. "I'm a Cérébrale": A Mother's Isolation and Marginalization in Jean Rhys' Good Morning, Midnight 133 7. From Modernism to Contemporary Literature: A Timeless Debate 163 Works Cited 169

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783839449660

3839449669

OCLC:

1121056330