Representations of Privileged Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century Literature: A Comparative Analysis of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening

The heroines of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Chopin’s The Awakening enjoy the autonomy of privileged motherhood in the nineteenth century. This role allows them the opportunities to forge their identities independent of most of the societal expectations which defined nineteenth-century feminine gende...

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