ISBN:
0191501840
,
9780191501845
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg.]
Parallel Title:
Print version Child of one's own
DDC:
306.874
Keywords:
Parenthood
;
Parenthood History
;
Parenthood in literature
;
English fiction History and criticism
;
Parenthood in literature
;
English fiction History and criticism
;
Parenthood
;
Parenthood History
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Abuse ; Child Abuse
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Adoption & Fostering
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; General
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; Parent & Adult Child
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English fiction
;
Parenthood
;
Parenthood in literature
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A fascinating study examining the diversities and novelties of contemporary parenthood in the light of a range of literary and philosophical works ranging from Greek tragedies to contemporary psychoanalytic theory by way of diverse writers from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Changing Conceptions""; ""2. Surrogates and Other Mothers""; ""3. Reproductive Choice: A Prehistory""; ""4. Foundling Fathers and Mothers""; ""5. Childlessness: Euripides� Medea""; ""6. A Tale of Two Parents: Charles Dickens�s Great Expectations""; ""7. Finding a Life: George Eliot�s Silas Marner""; ""8. His and Hers: Henry Fielding�s Tom Jones""; ""9. Placement: Jane Austen�s Mansfield Park""; ""10. At All Costs: George Moore�s Esther Waters""; ""11. Between Parents: Henry James�s What Maisie Knew""
Description / Table of Contents:
""12. Parental Secrets in Thomas Hardy�s The Mayor of Casterbridge""""13. �I Had Barbara�: Women�s Ties and Edith Wharton�s �Roman Fever�""; ""Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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