Mothering Daughters

ISBN: 9780814332016

出版社: Wayne State Univ Pr

出版年: 2003-1

页数: 288

定价: $ 28.19

装帧: Pap

内容简介

An examination of the mother-daughter bond in eighteenth century fiction. The rise of novel and of the ideal nuclear family was no mere coincidence, argues Susan C. Greenfield in this fascinating look at the construction of modern maternity. Many historians maintain that the eighteenth century witnessed the idealization of the caring, loving mother. Here Greenfield charts how the newly emerging novels of the period, in their increasing feminization, responded to and helped shape that image, often infusing it with more nuance and flexibility.