Embroidering the Scarlet A : unwed mothers and illegitimate children in American fiction and film /

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"Embroidering the Scarlet A traces the evolution of the "fallen woman" from the earliest novels to recent representations in fiction and film, including The Scarlet Letter, The Sound and the Fury, The Color Purple, and Love Medicine, and the films Juno and Mother and Child. Interweavi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellerby, Janet Mason (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
Temas:
Ellerby, Janet Mason.
1900-2099
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Unmarried mothers in literature.
Illegitimate children in literature.
Unmarried mothers in motion pictures.
Illegitimate children in motion pictures.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Mères célibataires dans la littérature.
Enfants naturels dans la littérature.
Enfants naturels au cinéma.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.
American fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The unwed mothers of the early American Novel
  • Theodore Dreiser's all-giving angel: Jennie Gerhardt
  • Edith Wharton's female enforcers
  • The scarlet women of William Faulkner's The sound and the fury
  • The unwed mother triumphant: Celie and Alice Walker's The color purple
  • Illegitimacy and sexual violence
  • Birthmothers in exile
  • Fathering iIllegitimacy
  • The legacy of secrets
  • Birthmothers in the adoption triangle: Caroline Leavitt's Girls in trouble and Tim Kirkman's Loggerheads
  • Comedy and the unwed mother
  • Bearing sorrow
  • Conclusion.

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