Mothers in children's and young adult literature : from the eighteenth century to postfeminism /

"Living or dead, present or absent, sadly dysfunctional or merrily adequate, the figure of the mother bears enormous freight across a child's emotional and intellectual life. Given the vital role literary mothers play in books for young readers, it is remarkable how little scholarly attent...

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Other Authors:	Fraustino, Lisa Rowe (Editor), Coats, Karen, 1963- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Series:	Children's literature association series.
Subjects:	Children's stories, English > History and criticism. Children's stories, American > History and criticism. Mothers in literature. Motherhood in literature. Mothers in popular culture. Motherhood in popular cutlture. Young adult fiction, English > History and criticism. Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism. Feminism and literature. Women and literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
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