216 pages / 5.50 x 8.50 inches / 4 halftones
African-American Studies | Literary Criticism | Literary Criticism / African American | Social Studies / Women's Studies | Women's Studies
Well known in her day as a singer, playwright, author, and editor of the Colored American Magazine, Pauline Hopkins (1859–1930) has been the subject of considerable scholarly attention over the last twenty years. Academic review of her many accomplishments, however, largely overlooks Hopkins’s contributions as novelist. The Motherless Child in the Novels of Pauline Hopkins, the first book-length study of Hopkins’s major fiction, fills this gap, offering a sustained analysis of motherlessness in Contending Forces, Hagar’s Daughter, Winona, and Of One Blood.
“Bergman brings together important strands of research in Hopkins scholarship to unify these novels in ways heretofore unexamined, thereby enhancing our understanding of her literary contributions to African American literature and race activism. A must-read for Hopkins scholars, the book should also prove a valuable resource for teachers introducing students to the complexity of Hopkins’s novels.”—Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature
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