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In reviewing an anthology of literary works by women writers, novelist Gail Godwin lamented that the editors were excessively concerned with identifying thematic and stylistic connections among the works they had collected. Godwin claims that drawing such matrilineal connections between literary "mothers" and "daughters" results in forcing a single interpretation on the works and obscuring their individuality. Yet the theme of connections between mothers and daughters-both literary and literal--is ubiquitous in Godwin's own work.
Indeed, Godwin's career has been heavily influenced by a literary mother. In Godwin's novel The Odd Woman (1974), for example, the main character ponders the work of Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945), mentioned by name as a prolific novelist of the early-twentieth-century literary renaissance of the Southern United States. This reference reveals Godwin's conscious attempt to place herself in the tradition of Southern women writers. Several of Godwin's novels not only pay homage to Glasgow but also reveal the two authors' common preoccupation with the mother-daughter relationship. Both writers portray mothers as advocates of Southern culture who attempt to teach their daughters to conform to that culture. The responses of the daughters vary from abject compliance to violent rebellion.
Indeed, Godwin's career has been heavily influenced by a literary mother. In Godwin's novel The Odd Woman (1974), for example, the main character ponders the work of Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945), mentioned by name as a prolific novelist of the early-twentieth-century literary renaissance of the Southern United States. This reference reveals Godwin's conscious attempt to place herself in the tradition of Southern women writers. Several of Godwin's novels not only pay homage to Glasgow but also reveal the two authors' common preoccupation with the mother-daughter relationship. Both writers portray mothers as advocates of Southern culture who attempt to teach their daughters to conform to that culture. The responses of the daughters vary from abject compliance to violent rebellion.
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