Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

By Mary McCartin Wearn

Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture 

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. "Stronger Than All Was Maternal Love": Maternal Idealism in Uncle Tom’s Cabin 2. No More "The Pillow of Affection": Deconstructing the "Softening Influence" of Motherhood in The Scarlet Letter 3. "Links . . . Of Gold": The Bonds of Motherhood in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4. "She Has Been Burning Palaces": The Maternal Poetics of Sarah Piatt. Conclusion

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