The Motherless Child in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins /

Well known in her day as a singer, playwright, author, and editor of the Colored American Magazine, Pauline Hopkins (1859-1930) has been the subject of considerable scholarly attention over the last twenty years. Academic review of her many accomplishments, however, largely overlooks Hopkins's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergman, Jill, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hopkins, Pauline E. > (Pauline Elizabeth)
Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth.
Hopkins, Pauline E. > (Pauline Elizabeth) > Criticism and interpretation.
Parental deprivation in literature
Mothers in literature
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Children in literature
American fiction > Women authors
American fiction > African American authors
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Identite dans la litterature.
Meres dans la litterature.
Écrivaines noires americaines > Vie intellectuelle.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Parental deprivation in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Children in literature.
African American women authors > Intellectual life.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the motherless child in the post-reconstruction United States
  • "The blessed relief of tears" : maternal redemption in Contending forces
  • Motherlessness in the nation's capital : the national father in Hagar's daughter
  • "Somethin's gwine happen" : national warning in Winona
  • Finding mother Africa : of one blood and Hopkins's national vision
  • Coda.

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