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Mothers and daughters in the twentieth century : a literary anthology / edited by Heather Ingman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ingman, Heather, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mothers and daughters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [1999]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This anthology of women's writing on the mother-daughter relationship covers the whole of the twentieth century and includes writing from many different cultures - black American, Jewish, West Indian, Irish, Chinese-American. The anthology has headnotes giving brief biographical details for each author plus suggestions for further reading. There is a substantial introduction tracking the evolution of the mother-daughter relationship in the twentieth century, setting it in the context of developments in psychoanalytical and feminist theory.Covers fiction, non-fiction and poetry from different cultures and different decadesSubstantial introduction tracing the evolution of the mother-daugher relationship in the 20th centuryHeadnotes place the extracts in their historical and cultural contextOverview of feminist and psychoanalytical theory relating to the mother-daughter relationship
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PREFATORY NOTE
- INTRODUCTION
- Charlotte Mew (1869—1928)
- The Quiet House
- May Sinclair (1863-1946)
- Mary Olivier: A Life
- Anna Wickham (1884—1947)
- The Angry Woman
- Anzia Yezierska (? 1880-1970)
- Bread Givers
- Winifred Holtby (1898-1935)
- South Riding
- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
- A Sketch of the Past
- Jean Rhys (1890-1979)
- Wide Sargasso Sea
- Tillie Olsen (? 1913— )
- I Stand Here Ironing
- Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
- Balloons
- Margaret Drabble (1939- )
- The Millstone
- Adrienne Rich (1929- )
- Mother-in-Law
- Storm Jameson (1891-1986)
- Journey from the North
- Kathleen Raine (1908- )
- Heirloom
- Alice Walker (1944- )
- In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
- Maya Angelou (1928- )
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Toni Morrison (1931- )
- Beloved
- Eavan Boland (1944- )
- Night Feed
- Zee Edgell (1940- )
- Beka Lamb
- Amy Tan (1952- )
- The Joy Luck Club
- Angela Carter (1940-1992)
- Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost
- Margaret Atwood (1939- )
- Giving Birth
- Michele Roberts (1949- )
- God's House
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781474469456
- 1474469450
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