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2004
Mothering modes: analyzing mother roles
in novels by twentieth-
Mothering modes: analyzing mother roles in novels by twentieth-
century
United States women writers
century United States women writers
Preselfannie Whitfield McDaniels
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
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MOTHERING MODES: ANALYZING
MOTHER ROLES IN NOVELS BY
TWENTIETH-CENTURY UNITED STATES WOMEN WRITERS
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
Louisiana
State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor
of Philosophy
in
The Department of English
by
Preselfannie W. McDaniels
B.A., Jackson State University, 1992
M.A., Mississippi College, 1994
May 2004