Imagining Adoption: Essays on Literature and Culture

Book Overview

Imagining Adoption looks at representations of adoption in an array of literary genres by diverse authors including George Eliot, Edward Albee, and Barbara Kingsolver as well as ordinary adoptive mothers and adoptee activists, exploring what these writings share and what they debate.Marianne Novy is Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of Pittsburgh.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472030027
• ISBN13: 9780472030026
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"