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Wilt, Judith, 1941-

Abortion, choice, and contemporary fiction : the armageddon of the maternal instinct / Judith Wilt. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1990. - xiii, 183 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index.

Introduction: The wreck, and the story of the wreck -- Paradigms for the plot of maternal choice: Novels by John Barth and Margaret Drabble -- "We are not dying": Abortion and recovery in four novels by women -- Abortion and the fears of the fathers: Five male writers -- Black maternity: "A Need for someone to want the black baby to live."

ISBN: 0226901580 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 89020595

Nat. Bib. No.: GB91-20722

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Abortion in literature.
Birth control in literature.
Motherhood in literature.
Mother and child in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Women in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century

Subjects--Index Terms: English fiction Special subjects Abortion

LC Class. No.: PS374.A24 / W55 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.509353