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Pregnancy in the Victorian novel /

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Traces the connections between the medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth occurring over the Victorian era and lived experiences through somatic readings of the works of Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Lucas Malet, Elizabeth Gaskell and Thomas Hardy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woods, Livia Arndal (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Brontë, Emily, > 1818-1848 > Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880 > Criticism and interpretation.
Malet, Lucas, > 1852-1931 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, > 1810-1865 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Criticism and interpretation.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Pregnancy in literature.
Childbirth in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction: Somatic reading
  • Judgment
  • Sympathy
  • An interlude: Sensation
  • Diagnosis
  • Impression
  • A very short conclusion: The very long nineteenth century.