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Reproduction and the maternal body in literature and culture : bodies of knowledge, 1726-1818 / Jennifer S. Henke.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Henke, Jennifer, Author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
Series:
Routledge advances in the medical humanities
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
English literature.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Pregnancy in literature.
Pregnancy in popular culture.
Childbirth in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 280 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Contents:
Introduction : in the delivery room
Context : historicising the reproductive body
Framework : beyond representationalism
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels (1726)
John Cleland's Fanny Hill (1749)
Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy (1759)
Eliza Fenwick's Secresy, or : the ruin on the rock (1795)
Mary Wollstonecraft's Maria, or : the wrongs of woman (1798)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or : the modern Prometheus (1818)
Stitching.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 06, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version: Henke, Jennifer Reproduction and the maternal body in literature and culture
ISBN:
9781003467977
1003467970
9781040358573
1040358578
9781040358627
1040358624
Publisher Number:
40032756673
CIPO000211596
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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