Description: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 decades* Substantial introduction tracing the evolution of the mother-daugher relationship in the 20th century* Headnotes place the extracts in their historical and cultural context* Overview of feminist and psychoanalytical theory relating to the mother-daughter relationshipThe quiet house / Charlotte MewFrom Mary Olivier / May SinclairThe angry woman / Anna WickhamFrom Bread givers / Anzia YezierskaFrom South Riding / Winifred HoltbyFrom A sketch of the past / Virginia WoolfFrom Wide Sargasso Sea / Jean RhysI stand here ironing / Tillie OlsenBalloons / Sylvia PlathFrom The millstone / Margaret DrabbleMother-in-law / Andrienne RichFrom journey from the North / Storm JamesonHeirloom / Kathleen RaineFrom In search of our mothers gardens / Alice WalkerFrom I know why the caged bird sings / Maya AngelouFrom beloved / Toni MorrisonNight feed / Eavan BolandFrom Beka Lamb / Zee EdgellFrom the Joy Luck Club / Amy TanAshputtle, or the mother's ghost / Angela CarterGiving birth / Margaret AtwoodGod's house / Michèle RobertsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century: A Literary Anthology. To get started finding Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century: A Literary Anthology, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century: A Literary Anthology
Description: 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 decades* Substantial introduction tracing the evolution of the mother-daugher relationship in the 20th century* Headnotes place the extracts in their historical and cultural context* Overview of feminist and psychoanalytical theory relating to the mother-daughter relationshipThe quiet house / Charlotte MewFrom Mary Olivier / May SinclairThe angry woman / Anna WickhamFrom Bread givers / Anzia YezierskaFrom South Riding / Winifred HoltbyFrom A sketch of the past / Virginia WoolfFrom Wide Sargasso Sea / Jean RhysI stand here ironing / Tillie OlsenBalloons / Sylvia PlathFrom The millstone / Margaret DrabbleMother-in-law / Andrienne RichFrom journey from the North / Storm JamesonHeirloom / Kathleen RaineFrom In search of our mothers gardens / Alice WalkerFrom I know why the caged bird sings / Maya AngelouFrom beloved / Toni MorrisonNight feed / Eavan BolandFrom Beka Lamb / Zee EdgellFrom the Joy Luck Club / Amy TanAshputtle, or the mother's ghost / Angela CarterGiving birth / Margaret AtwoodGod's house / Michèle RobertsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century: A Literary Anthology. To get started finding Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century: A Literary Anthology, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.