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The motherless child in the novels of Pauline Hopkins

Bergman, Jill, 1963-

The motherless child in the novels of Pauline Hopkins [electronic resource] / Jill Bergman. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (224 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the motherless child in the post-reconstruction United States -- "The blessed relief of tears": maternal redemption in Contending forces -- Motherlessness in the nation's capital: the national father in Hagar's daughter -- "Somethin's gwine happen": national warning in Winona -- Finding mother Africa: of one blood and Hopkins's national vision -- Coda.

9780807147306 9780807147313


Hopkins, Pauline E.--Criticism and interpretation.


Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Parental deprivation in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Children in literature.
African American women authors--Intellectual life.
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PS1999.H4226 / Z57 2013

813/.4