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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ellerby, Janet Mason (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ellerby, Janet Mason.
Unmarried mothers in motion pictures.
Unmarried mothers in literature.
Illegitimate children in motion pictures.
Illegitimate children in literature.
American fiction.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Enfants naturels au cinema.
Enfants naturels dans la litterature.
Meres celibataires dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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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