"To the Lighthouse": The New Story of Mother and Daughter.

Heilbrun, Carolyn G.

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Publication Date: 1987

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"To the Lighthouse": The New Story of Mother and Daughter.

Heilbrun, Carolyn G.

ADE Bulletin, n87 p12-14 Fall 1987

Argues that the relationship between Lily and Mrs. Ramsey in Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" is a form of the Oedipal story. According to the theory, Lily must resist Mrs. Ramsey's effort to entice her into the traditional female role and recognize that she can be separate from Mrs. Ramsey's world and still love her. (JC)

Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Fiction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Novels, Parent Child Relationship, Twentieth Century Literature

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