Title

'The Fatal Effects of Parental Tyranny' and Other Fantasies of Daughter/Father Relationships, 1780-1840

Authors

Martha Tomhave Blauvelt, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

10-20-2011

Disciplines

Literature in English, North America

Abstract

Popular late 18th and early 19th c. American stories of daughter/father relationships feature either malicious and tyrannical or sweet and incompetent fathers, both concerned with whom their daughters will marry. I will explore the meaning of these stories, their relationship to reality, and shifts in daughter/father imagery in American print culture between 1780 and 1840.

Comments

The slides for this presentation are not available.

Recommended Citation

Tomhave Blauvelt, Martha, "'The Fatal Effects of Parental Tyranny' and Other Fantasies of Daughter/Father Relationships, 1780-1840" (2011). Forum Lectures. 37.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/forum_lectures/37