Conceived by Liberty: Maternal Figures and Nineteenth-Century American Literature (Reading Women Writing)

By Stephanie A. Smith

Book Overview

"A mother is, next to God, all powerful," The Public Ledger asserted in 1850. Looking at complex representations of maternity in sentimental fiction, in texts treating the problem of slavery, and in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801429242
• ISBN13: 9780801429248
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"