Background
Rogers, Deborah Dee was born on April 20, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Marvin Arnold and Marilyn Mildred (Ratner) Rogers.
(Although in recent years maternity has become a contested...)
Although in recent years maternity has become a contested site of political discourse, the matrophobia that characterizes many mother-daughter bonds has hardly been theorized. This book defines matrophobia as fear of mothers, as fear of becoming a mother, and as fear of identification with and separation from the maternal body. Deborah D. Rogers argues that matrophobia is the central metaphor for women’s relationships with each other within a patriarchal culture. Analyzing different contexts in which matrophobia problematizes feminism, this book begins with matrophobic discourse in eighteenth-century England. Significantly, the self-sacrificing construction of motherhood emerges at the same time as the novel, a genre that develops as a locus for the radical displacement of matrophobia. Coining the term «Matrophobic Gothic» to describe works in which inadequately mothered heroines reconcile with maternal figures that the narrative has repressed, Rogers focuses on this phenomenon in the works of Ann Radcliffe and Jane Austen. Her consideration of matrophobia extends to early modern male-authored texts, including Samuel Richardson’s representation of maternity and Sir Walter Scott’s exploration of gender roles and identity. These issues continue unabated in televised serial drama. All told, this book powerfully argues for the necessity of confronting the matrophobia at the heart of feminism.
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Ann Radcliffe was one of the most influential women writers of the 18th century. Best known as the author of The Italian and The Mysteries of Udolpho, she contributed to the rise of the English novel and the development of the female gothic. This book brings together, for the first time, almost one hundred documents on her work, including contemporary reviews, letters, diary entries, the most important critical assessments, and several new pieces. The volume begins with an extensive introductory essay on Radcliffe's work and the critical reception of it. The chapters that follow consist of chronologically arranged critical analyses of particular works by Radcliffe. Several chapters then present general critical responses to her writings. The book concludes with a bibliography of selected additional readings.
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Arguably the most popular novelist of her day and the mother of the female Gothic literary tradition, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) is now recognised for her contribution to English literature. This volume recounts what is known of her, and provides a bibliographic overview of works by and about her.
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(Based on archival research, this fascinating new work rep...)
Based on archival research, this fascinating new work represents the first full-length biography of John Almon, the most important political bookseller of the second half of the eighteenth century. Using Almon as a case study, Deborah Rogers examines the way in which political pressure on booksellers affected the literature of the period. Bookseller as Rogue chronicles Almon's relationships with such important politicians as Richard Grenville (Earl Temple), John Wilkes, John Calcraft, Edmund Burke, and Benjamin Franklin. Rogers also analyzes Almon's libel trials, his fight for freedom of the press, and his efforts on behalf of the American Revolution. A valuable appendix catalogues works issued under Almon's imprint.
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Arguably the most popular novelist of her day and the mother of the female Gothic literary tradition, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) has received varying amounts of critical attention and is now being recognized for her important contribution to English literature. This volume recounts what little is known about her life and provides an extensive bibliographic overview of works by and about her. Included are annotated entries for editions and translations, reviews, critical studies of Radcliffe, and adaptations of her works. Ann Radcliffe wrote some of the most electrifying and popular novels of her day. Not only is she one of the most important Mothers of the novel, she almost singlehandedly developed the Female Gothic to explore female experience. This form has achieved almost mythical status. This volume is an indispensible guide to the life and work of this pioneering woman novelist. A biography provides new information on Radcliffe from a source that has been virtually ignored, the one substantial extant manuscript, her forty-two leaf commonplace book, which is in deteriorating condition. The remainder of the book is an extensive annotated bibliography of works by Radcliffe and critical studies of her writing. Included are entries for early and modern editions, early reviews, and bibliographic studies. Two chapters are devoted to 20th-century critical studies of Radcliffe, in response to the growing amount of material being written about her. Appendices record her artistic legacy as presented in adaptations, imitations, parodies, and abridgments; and the volume includes a list of works falsely attributed to her.
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Rogers, Deborah Dee was born on April 20, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Marvin Arnold and Marilyn Mildred (Ratner) Rogers.
Bachelor with honors, Rutgers University, 1971. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1974. Master of Philosophy with distinction, Columbia University, New York City, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1983.
Research assistant, Yale Edition of Johnson, 1979-1981;
instructor, CUNY, Columbia College, 1980-1982;
assistant professor, U. Maine, Orono, 1982-1989;
associate professor, U. Maine, Orono, since 1990. Secretary seminar on 18th-century European culture Columbia University, 1979-1981. Manuscript consultant Praeger, University Presser of Florida, Macmillan.
Member commencement committee U. Maine, 1991-1994, chairperson art department chairperson search committee, 1992-1993, member undergraduate curriculum committee, 1982-1987, judge Albert Morton Turner award, peer committee, since 1990, chairperson peer committee forevaluation of fixed-length faculty, faculty self-evaluations, 1992-1993. Presenter Faculty Seminar for Alumni Weekend, 1993, others.
( Arguably the most popular novelist of her day and the m...)
(Based on archival research, this fascinating new work rep...)
(Arguably the most popular novelist of her day and the mot...)
(Although in recent years maternity has become a contested...)
( Ann Radcliffe was one of the most influential women wri...)
Member Modern Language Association (chair, organizer Samuel Johnson bicentennial celebration 1984), National Council Teachers English, American Studies Association (presenter), American Society for 18th-Century Studies (presenter).
Married Howard Paul Segal, November 26, 1988. Children: Richard William Rogers Segal, Raechel Maya Rogers Segal.