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