New York University.ZILVERSMIT, ANNETTE CLAIRE SCHREIBER.New York University.Mothers and Daughters:The Heroines in the Novels of Edith Wharton. Zilversmit,A.S. . 1980
She was a mere mortal, suddenly transformed into a minor god, blessed with raw human material and challenged to shape it into something as close to perfection as possible. The extent to which mothers and children are capable of destroying one another is so profound that we, as a species, ...
A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing,Everything I Never Told Youis both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another...
Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters, Eve's obsession with Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration...
In this article, the author explores the myths of a good mother in the novels of Amy Tan after an estrangement between mothers and daughters. In "The Joy Luck Club," daughter Jing mei Woo created a myth that her mother Suyuan Woo is not ... SM Mathews - 《Language in India》 被引量...
Female characters in novels by Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster are studied in their relationships as wives, mothers, daughters and prospective brides. The ... K Elert - 《Faculty of Arts》 被引量: 3发表: 1979年 Maurice : a novel Please note that the content of this book primarily consis...
Puberty rites are indispensable in African social and organizational life. They serve as channels through which African children are exposed and taught how to cope/behave to be considered as dignified sons and daughters of their parents and societies. But the influences of Western education, moderniza...
A sharp and graceful tale of mothers and daughters, secrets and tangled family histories. —Barbara O’Neal, bestselling author ofWhen We Believed in Mermaids For All She Knows Book 3 Now Available Two mothers face the consequences of their choices in a gripping novel about friendship, family,...
Acclaimed novelist and nationally recognized family expert Lynne Griffin returns with Sea Escape--an emotional, beautifully imagined story inspired by the author's family letters about the ties that bind mothers and daughters. Entertainment Weekly says, "Sea Escape is a multigenerational family story ...
all of the Smythe-Smith mothers (including Sarah’s, who had been born a Smythe-Smith, even if she was now a Pleinsworth) sat in the front row with beatific smiles on their faces, secure in their mad knowledge that their daughters were musical prodigies. And the rest of the audience…...