La mere dans la litterature francaise 1678-1831: 92 (American University Studies, Series 2: Romance, Languages & Literature) - Hardcover

Mann, Maria A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820408786 ISBN 13: 9780820408781

Verlag: Peter Lang, 1989

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This well-written analysis of society's changing perception of motherhood is most timely. The examples which are taken from French literature and span three centuries illustrate the developing tensions between the demands of selfless motherhood and those of personal fulfillment, a problem which remains unsolved to this day. (Madeleine F. Morris, Graduate School of the City University of New York) A contribution to literary, social, and economic domains. Mann's study opens up new vistas for modernists to explore in her sensitive analysis of the multiple roles played by the MOTHER. (Bettina L. Knapp, Hunter College and the Graduate Center CUNY) Mann's descriptive typology of images of motherhood is a good beginning from which to address the many problems raised by the subject. ... Thanks to Mann's project, which has identified the dominant patterns of maternal representation in the canon, we now have a base from which to pursue a more theoretically informed inquiry. (Janie Vanpee, Eighteenth-Century Fiction)

Reseña del editor:

Des lectures detaillees, presentees sous un jour a la fois historique, sociologique et feministe, sont a la base de cette etude qui examine la place accordee a la mere dans un vaste choix de romans et de pieces. Apres les personnages stereotypes du debut du XVIIIe siecle, ces meres absentes ou effacees qui ne representent que des modeles de vertu, la Julie de Rousseau semble offrir aux femmes une nouvelle perspective: la procreation, les soins des enfants et le devouement maternel deviennent les seules experiences qui sauraient donner un sens a l'existence feminine. Pourtant ce role gratifiant et sacre que Rousseau confere a la femme n'est que le reflet de la consideration grandissante qu'on accorde aux enfants. De meme, la quete d'une amante maternelle chez le heros romantique n'est qu'une autre expression de l'eternel reve masculin d'une femme qui ne serait qu'epouse et mere.

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• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0820408786
• ISBN 13: 9780820408781
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 299