Pregnant bodies from Shakespeare to Ford : a phenomenology of pregnancy in English early modern drama /

Pregnant bodies from Shakespeare to Ford : a phenomenology of pregnancy in English early modern drama /

This book explores how the pregnant body is portrayed, perceived and enacted in Shakespeare's and his contemporaries' drama by means of a phenomenological analysis and a recourse to early modern popular medical discourse on reproduction. Phenomenology of pregnancy is a fairly new and radic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: BurzynÌ?ska, Katarzyna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2022].
Series:Routledge studies in literature and health humanities.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Pregnancy in literature.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Motherhood in literature.
Women in literature.
Self in literature.
Human body in literature.
Pregnancy > Social aspects > Great Britain > History.

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