Uneasy Possessions: The Mother-Daughter Dilemma in French Womenos Writings, 1671-1928

by Katharine A. Jensen and Katharine Ann Jensen

In Uneasy Possessions: The Mother-Daughter Dilemma in French Women's Writings, 1671-1928, Katharine Ann Jensen analyzes the work of five major French women writers, discovering a four-century pattern of mother-daughter relationships marked by domination, submission, and conflict. This groundbreaking study explores work of Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette, Marie de S vign , Elisabeth Vig e Lebrun, George Sand, and Colette, providing a new reading of women's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611490383
• ISBN13: 9781611490381
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"