Mothers and Daughters in American Short Fiction - An Annotated Bibliography of Twentieth-Century Women's Literature

In 1976, Adrienne Rich wrote that the mother-daughter bond is the great unwritten story, awaiting analysis and definition. Since then, many voices have come to fill the gap, including those of American fiction writers. This bibliography provides information on short stories that explore the mother-daughter relationship. The general introduction and the annotations analyze approximately 250 stories written by American women in the 20th century. Most of the stories were written during the past two decades and reflect a reevaluation of the mother-daughter bond and its impact on women's lives. The bibliography is arranged thematically with chapters on abuse and neglect, aging, alienation, death, expectations, nurturance, and portraits. Each chapter begins with an introductory overview and collective analysis of the stories in the chapter. The volume includes author, title, and subject indexes.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abuse and Neglect
Aging
Alienation
Death
Expectations
Nurturance
Portraits
Author Index
Title Index
Subject Index

About the author

SUSANNE CARTER is an Information Specialist with the Western Regional Resource Center, a University Affiliated Program of the University of Oregon. Her previous book is War and Peace Through Women's Eyes: A Selective Bibliography of Twentieth-Century American Women's Fiction (Greenwood 1992).

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Carter, Carter Susanne
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.1993
• EAN: 9780313285110
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28511-0
• Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Women's Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; USA, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, The arts, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Bibliographies, catalogues, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form