Pregnancy and the Novel
Representation and Concealment from Richardson to Hardy
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2025
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1st ed. 2025
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-27645-2 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
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Pregnancy and the Novel is a study of covert representations of pregnancy and birth in canonical eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels. Grounded in narrative theory and historicism, it reveals a reciprocal influence between literature and science through the novels of Samuel Richardson, the Brontës, George Eliot, Dickens and Hardy.
Pregnancy and the Novel is a study of covert representations of pregnancy and birth in canonical eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels. The research draws on medical texts to illuminate the ways that novelists simultaneously hide and reveal problematic pregnancies and births. Grounded in narrative theory and historicism, it reveals a reciprocal influence between literature and science through the novels of Samuel Richardson, the Brontës, George Eliot, Dickens and Hardy. This project is an act of literary detective work that will uncover what can easily be missed by twenty-first century readers, bringing it into light by reconstructing historical knowledge of reproductive medicine.This is an open access book.
Pregnancy and the Novel is a study of covert representations of pregnancy and birth in canonical eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels. The research draws on medical texts to illuminate the ways that novelists simultaneously hide and reveal problematic pregnancies and births. Grounded in narrative theory and historicism, it reveals a reciprocal influence between literature and science through the novels of Samuel Richardson, the Brontës, George Eliot, Dickens and Hardy. This project is an act of literary detective work that will uncover what can easily be missed by twenty-first century readers, bringing it into light by reconstructing historical knowledge of reproductive medicine.This is an open access book.
Tracy Brain is Professor of Creative Writing and English Literature at Bath Spa University, UK.
1 Introduction
Part I: 'Conceal this Unhappy Body': Clarissa and the Question of Hidden Pregnancy2 Medical Texts3 Clarissa Before4 Clarissa After
Part II: Incorporeal Pregnancy and Disguised Labour: the Brontës and George Eliot5 Emily Brontë6 Anne Brontë7 George Eliot
Part III: So Visible and So Hidden: Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy8 Charles Dickens9 Thomas Hardy
10 Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Approx. 270 p. |
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | birth stories • Canonical authors • Eighteenth Century • gynecology • Literature, Gender and Sexuality • Literature, Science and Medicine Studies • medical treatises • Midwifery books • Nineteenth century • Novel • Reproductive Medicine • women's health |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-27645-2 / 1137276452 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-27645-2 / 9781137276452 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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