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"Tidwell and Williams analyze the causal relationships in her interactions with Langston and other family members through the use of psychiatrist Murray Bowen's Family Systems Theory (FST). . . . The editors have grouped the 250 letters chronologically into four sections, each preceded by a brief contextual introduction" --

African American authors --- African American mothers --- Mothers of authors --- Afro-American authors --- Authors, African American --- Negro authors --- Authors, American --- Afro-American mothers --- Mothers, African American --- Mothers --- Authors' mothers --- Authors --- Family relationships. --- Hughes, Langston, --- Hughes, Carrie, --- Hugues, Langston --- Clark, Carrie Hughes, --- Clark, Carolyn Hughes, --- Hughes, Carolyn Mercer Langston, --- Langston, Carolyn Mercer, --- Hughes, Caroline Mercer Langston, --- Langston, Caroline Mercer,

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Ian McEwan, Margaret Drabble, Martin Amis, Rita Dove, Andrew Motion and Anthony Thwaite are among the twenty-two distinguished contributors of original essays to this landmark volume on the profound and frequently perplexing bond between writer and mother. In compelling detail they bring to life the thoughts, work, loves, friendships, passions and, above all, the influence of mothers upon their literary offspring from Shakespeare to the present. Many of the contributors evoke the ideal with fond and loving memories: understanding, selfless, spiritual, tender, protective, reassuring and self-assured mothers who created environments favorable to the development of their children’s gifts. At the opposite end of the parenting spectrum, however, we also see tortured mothers who ignored, interfered with, smothered or abandoned their children. Their early years were times of traumatic loss, unhappily dominated by death and human frailty. Elegantly assembled and presented, Writers and Their Mothers will appeal to everyone interested in biography, literature, and creativity in general.

Authors --- Mothers of authors --- Mothers and sons. --- Family relationships. --- Sons and mothers --- Mother and child --- Sons --- Authors' mothers --- Writers --- Litterateurs --- Bio-bibliography --- Literature --- Literature. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Creative writing. --- Fiction. --- British literature. --- Popular Science in Literature. --- Contemporary Literature. --- Creative Writing. --- British and Irish Literature. --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authorship --- Fiction --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Novelists --- Writing (Authorship) --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Philosophy --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature, Modern—21st century.