Narcissistic Mothers in Modernist Literature: New Perspectives on Motherhood in the Works of D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Jean Rhys

Marie Géraldine Rademacher

Published by transcript Verlag 2019

Narcissistic Mothers in Modernist Literature

New Perspectives on Motherhood in the Works of D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Jean Rhys

Marie Géraldine Rademacher

In the series Lettre

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839449660

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Narcissistic mothers are an important motif in modernist literature. Tracing its appearance in the works of writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, this book questions the dichotomous image of either benevolent or suffocating mother, which has pervaded religion, art and literature for centuries. Instead of focusing on the mother-child dyad as characterized primarily by maternal domination and the child' s submission, Marie Géraldine Rademacher insists on the definitional nuances of the term »narcissism« and considers the political and socio-economic context of the time in shaping these women's narcissistic behavior. The study thus inspires a more positive (re)reading of the protagonists.

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Marie Géraldine Rademacher works as post-doctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo in Japan. Her research focuses on Travel Writing written by European women who came to Japan in the early decade of the Twentieth century. She also teaches English Literature at Seikei University in Tokyo.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
1/ An Overview of Motherhood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Disentangling Notions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. A Mother’s Vision and Love in D.H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Mothers and Social Criticism in James Joyce’s Dubliners Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
5. A Mother’s ‘Divided Self’ in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6. “I’m a Cérébrale”: A Mother’s Isolation and Marginalization in Jean Rhys’ Good Morning, Midnight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
7. From Modernism to Contemporary Literature: A Timeless Debate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 178
Keywords: Motherhood; Self-Love; Modernism; Twentieth Century; Literature; Psychoanalysis; British Studies; General Literature Studies; Gender Studies; Literary Studies

eBook

Published: September 27, 2019
ISBN: 9783839449660