Uneasy Possessions: The Mother-Daughter Dilemma in French WomenOs Writings, 1671-1928

In Uneasy Possessions: The Mother-Daughter Dilemma in French Women's Writings, 1671-1928, Katharine Ann Jensen analyzes the work of five major women writers, discovering a four-century pattern of mother-daughter relationships marked by domination, submission, and conflict. This study explores work of Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette, Marie de Sévigné, Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun, George Sand, and Colette, arguing that conflict between the mothers and daughters depicted resulted from two contradictory ideologies.

• | Author: Katharine A. Jensen
• | Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 30, 2010
• | Number of Pages: 456 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1611490383
• | ISBN-13: 9781611490381