Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary McCartin WearnSeries:Studies in American Popular History and CultureTheme:Chronological Period/19th CenturyPublish date:8/10/2007Pages:178
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415981040ISBN-10:0415981042UPC:9780415981040Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, United StatesSize:9.32 x 6.48 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.381Product ID:SC202F78P7
By examining maternal figures in the works of diverse authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and Sarah Piatt, this book exposes the contentious but fruitful negotiations that took place in the heart of the American sentimental era - negotiations about the cultural meanings of family, womanhood, and motherhood.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415981040ISBN-10:0415981042UPC:9780415981040Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:American, United StatesSize:9.32 x 6.48 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.381Product ID:SC202F78P7
Mary McCartin Wearn is an Assistant Professor of English at Macon State College. She has published articles on Adrienne Rich, Harriet Jacobs, and Sarah Piatt. Her research focuses on cultural constructions of motherhood, particularly in nineteenth-century America Literature.
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