Motherhood in literature History and criticism 30 History 20 Mothers in literature 17 Women and literature 11 Women authors 11 LITERARY CRITICISM 8 English fiction 7 Mother and child in literature 7 Motherhood 7 Women in literature 7 Criticism and interpretation 6 American fiction 5 English literature 5 Sex role in literature 5 American literature 4 Mothers 4 Mothers and daughters in literature 4 Narration (Rhetoric) 4 African American authors 3 African American women in literature 3 Mothers and sons in literature 3 Political aspects 3 Psychoanalysis and literature 3 Abortion in literature 2 American 2 American poetry 2 American prose literature 2 Birth control in literature 2 Childbirth in literature 2