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

by Susan C. Greenfield

Book Overview

The rise of the novel and of the ideal nuclear family was no mere coincidence, argues Susan C. Greenfield in this look at the construction of modern maternity. Many historians maintain that the 18th 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814329926
• ISBN13: 9780814329924
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"