The voice of the mother : embedded maternal narratives in twentieth-century women's autobiographies /

"In The Voice of the Mother, Jo Malin argues that many twentieth-century autobiographies by women contain an intertext, an embedded narrative, which is a biography of the writer/daughter's mother." "Analyzing this narrative practice, Malin examines ten texts by women who seem par...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Malin, Jo, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Autobiography > Women authors.
English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Mothers and daughters in literature.
Mother and child in literature.
Motherhood in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
American prose literature > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Prose américaine > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques.
Prose américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Prose anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Mères et filles dans la littérature.
Mère et enfant dans la littérature.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Mères dans la littérature.
Narration.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
English literature > Women authors.
American literature > Women authors.
American prose literature.
American prose literature > Women authors.
English prose literature.
English prose literature > Women authors.
Frauenliteratur
Familie
Geschichte 1900-2000.
USA.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Conversations about Space and Houses
  • Conversations about Intimacy, Bodies, and Sexuality
  • Conversations about Material Things, Longing, and Envy
  • Conversations about Storytelling and Voice
  • Coda: Babies and Books: Motherhood and Writing.

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