The Modernist Madonna: Semiotics of the Maternal Metaphor

"A well-organized, profound case for the reinterpretation of the creative woman in the nineteenth century." —Carol Ravenal

Focusing on Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Cassatt, Tillie Olsen, and Alice Walker, Van Buren uses present-day critical and theoretical concepts to explore the relations among artists’ lives, works, and cultures.