Writers and Their Mothers
Ian McEwan, Margaret Drabble, Martin Amis, Rita Dove, Andrew Motion and Anthony Thwaite are among the twenty-two distinguished contributors of original essays to this landmark volume on the profound and frequently perplexing bond between writer and mother. In compelling detail they bring to life the...
| Corporate Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Shakespeare's Mother(s) - Hugh M. Richmond
- 2. John Ruskin and Margaret - Anthony Daniels, M.D.
- 3. Ambitious Daughter: Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother - Gardner McFall
- 4. Walt Whitman and His Mother - Kenneth Silverman
- 5. The Maternal Embrace: Samuel Beckett and His Mother May - Margaret Drabble
- 6. William Golding's Mother - Judy Carver
- 7. Voice Rehearsals & Personas in Sylvia's Letters to Aurelia - Adrianne Kalfopoulou
- 8. No Villainous Mother: The Life of Eva Larkin - Philip Pullen
- 9. Robert Lowell: Trapped in Charlotte's Web - Jeffrey Meyers
- 10. Mother Tongue: A Memoir - Ian McEwan
- 11. "Persistent Ghost" - Anthony Thwaite
- 12. Living with Mother - Catherine Aird
- 13. "Bring her again to me . . . " - Ann Thwaite
- 14. My Mother, and Friends - Reeve Lindbergh
- 15. My Mother's Desk - Martha Oliver-Smith
- 16. Mater Sagax - Rachel Hadas
- 17. My Wicked Stepmother - Martin Amis
- 18. About "My Mother Enters the Work Force" - Rita Dove
- 19. A Shadow in the Grass - Andrew Motion
- 20. Mrs. Gabbet's Desk - David Updike
- 21. Dreams of a Mother and Daughter - Lyndall Gordon
- 22. Her Programme -Tim Parks.
