The literary mother

Description:

"The book looks at motherhood, also social and cultural dictates. Works examined include William Shakespeare's Venus; Daniel Defoe's Roxana; Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son; Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the life of a slave girl; John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath; Dorothy Leigh's The mother's blessing; and W.S. Penn's Killing time with strangers, among others"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Motherhood in literature,  Mothers in literature,  Mother and child in literature,  English literature,  American literature,  History and criticism,  English literature, history and criticism,  American literature, history and criticism