Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century : : A Literary Anthology / / Heather Ingman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Ingman, Heather,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; PREFATORY NOTE --; INTRODUCTION --; Charlotte Mew (1869—1928) --; The Quiet House --; May Sinclair (1863-1946) --; Mary Olivier: A Life --; Anna Wickham (1884—1947) --; The Angry Woman --; Anzia Yezierska (? 1880-1970) --; Bread Givers --; Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) --; South Riding --; Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) --; A Sketch of the Past --; Jean Rhys (1890-1979) --; Wide Sargasso Sea --; Tillie Olsen (? 1913— ) --; I Stand Here Ironing --; Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) --; Balloons --; Margaret Drabble (1939- ) --; The Millstone --; Adrienne Rich (1929- ) --; Mother-in-Law --; Storm Jameson (1891-1986) --; Journey from the North --; Kathleen Raine (1908- ) --; Heirloom --; Alice Walker (1944- ) --; In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens --; Maya Angelou (1928- ) --; I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings --; Toni Morrison (1931- ) --; Beloved --; Eavan Boland (1944- ) --; Night Feed --; Zee Edgell (1940- ) --; Beka Lamb --; Amy Tan (1952- ) --; The Joy Luck Club --; Angela Carter (1940-1992) --; Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost --; Margaret Atwood (1939- ) --; Giving Birth --; Michele Roberts (1949- ) --; God's House --; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474469456; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474469456
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Heather Ingman.

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 decadesSubstantial introduction tracing the evolution of the mother-daugher relationship in the 20th centuryHeadnotes place the extracts in their historical and cultural contextOverview of feminist and psychoanalytical theory relating to the mother-daughter relationship