Mothering Daughters: Novels and the Politics of Family Romance, Frances Burney to Jane Austen

Mothering Daughters: Novels and the Politics of Family Romance, Frances Burney to Jane Austen

by SusanC.Greenfield (Author)

Synopsis

The rise of the novel and of the ideal nuclear family was no coincidence, the author argues in this look at the construction of modern maternity. She offers a cultural context in which to read various works of early women novelists, while placing the concept of motherhood in a historical framework.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: illustrated
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 30 Sep 2003

ISBN 10: 0814332013
ISBN 13: 9780814332016