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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  • Heather Ingman
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Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century
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© 2022, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

© 2022, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
  4. PREFATORY NOTE xiii
  5. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. Charlotte Mew (1869—1928) 43
  7. The Quiet House 46
  8. May Sinclair (1863-1946) 49
  9. Mary Olivier: A Life 51
  10. Anna Wickham (1884—1947) 57
  11. The Angry Woman 60
  12. Anzia Yezierska (? 1880-1970) 64
  13. Bread Givers 67
  14. Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) 73
  15. South Riding 75
  16. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) 86
  17. A Sketch of the Past 90
  18. Jean Rhys (1890-1979) 96
  19. Wide Sargasso Sea 99
  20. Tillie Olsen (? 1913— ) 110
  21. I Stand Here Ironing 113
  22. Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) 122
  23. Balloons 125
  24. Margaret Drabble (1939- ) 127
  25. The Millstone 129
  26. Adrienne Rich (1929- ) 146
  27. Mother-in-Law 149
  28. Storm Jameson (1891-1986) 151
  29. Journey from the North 154
  30. Kathleen Raine (1908- ) 164
  31. Heirloom 166
  32. Alice Walker (1944- ) 168
  33. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens 171
  34. Maya Angelou (1928- ) 183
  35. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 186
  36. Toni Morrison (1931- ) 200
  37. Beloved 203
  38. Eavan Boland (1944- ) 217
  39. Night Feed 219
  40. Zee Edgell (1940- ) 221
  41. Beka Lamb 223
  42. Amy Tan (1952- ) 230
  43. The Joy Luck Club 232
  44. Angela Carter (1940-1992) 240
  45. Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost 243
  46. Margaret Atwood (1939- ) 253
  47. Giving Birth 255
  48. Michele Roberts (1949- ) 272
  49. God's House 274
  50. BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474469456-033

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
  4. PREFATORY NOTE xiii
  5. INTRODUCTION 1
  6. Charlotte Mew (1869—1928) 43
  7. The Quiet House 46
  8. May Sinclair (1863-1946) 49
  9. Mary Olivier: A Life 51
  10. Anna Wickham (1884—1947) 57
  11. The Angry Woman 60
  12. Anzia Yezierska (? 1880-1970) 64
  13. Bread Givers 67
  14. Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) 73
  15. South Riding 75
  16. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) 86
  17. A Sketch of the Past 90
  18. Jean Rhys (1890-1979) 96
  19. Wide Sargasso Sea 99
  20. Tillie Olsen (? 1913— ) 110
  21. I Stand Here Ironing 113
  22. Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) 122
  23. Balloons 125
  24. Margaret Drabble (1939- ) 127
  25. The Millstone 129
  26. Adrienne Rich (1929- ) 146
  27. Mother-in-Law 149
  28. Storm Jameson (1891-1986) 151
  29. Journey from the North 154
  30. Kathleen Raine (1908- ) 164
  31. Heirloom 166
  32. Alice Walker (1944- ) 168
  33. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens 171
  34. Maya Angelou (1928- ) 183
  35. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 186
  36. Toni Morrison (1931- ) 200
  37. Beloved 203
  38. Eavan Boland (1944- ) 217
  39. Night Feed 219
  40. Zee Edgell (1940- ) 221
  41. Beka Lamb 223
  42. Amy Tan (1952- ) 230
  43. The Joy Luck Club 232
  44. Angela Carter (1940-1992) 240
  45. Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost 243
  46. Margaret Atwood (1939- ) 253
  47. Giving Birth 255
  48. Michele Roberts (1949- ) 272
  49. God's House 274
  50. BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
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