Gender, Pregnancy and Power in Eighteenth-Century Literature

The Maternal Imagination

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Gender, Pregnancy and Power in Eighteenth-Century Literature by Jenifer Buckley, Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jenifer Buckley ISBN: 9783319538358
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: July 28, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Jenifer Buckley
ISBN: 9783319538358
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: July 28, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book reveals the cultural significance of the pregnant woman by examining major eighteenth-century debates concerning separate spheres, man-midwifery, performance, marriage, the body, education, and creative imagination. Exploring medical, economic, moral, and literary ramifications, this book engages critically with the notion that a pregnant woman could alter the development of her foetus with the power of her thoughts and feelings. Eighteenth-century authors sought urgently to define, understand and control the concept of maternal imagination as they responded to and provoked fundamental questions about female intellect and the relationship between mind and body. Interrogating the multiple models of maternal imagination both separately and as a holistic set of socio-cultural components, the author uncovers the discourse of maternal imagination across eighteenth-century drama, popular print, medical texts, poetry and novels. This overdue rehabilitation of the pregnant woman in literature is essential reading for scholars of the eighteenth century, gender and literary history.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book reveals the cultural significance of the pregnant woman by examining major eighteenth-century debates concerning separate spheres, man-midwifery, performance, marriage, the body, education, and creative imagination. Exploring medical, economic, moral, and literary ramifications, this book engages critically with the notion that a pregnant woman could alter the development of her foetus with the power of her thoughts and feelings. Eighteenth-century authors sought urgently to define, understand and control the concept of maternal imagination as they responded to and provoked fundamental questions about female intellect and the relationship between mind and body. Interrogating the multiple models of maternal imagination both separately and as a holistic set of socio-cultural components, the author uncovers the discourse of maternal imagination across eighteenth-century drama, popular print, medical texts, poetry and novels. This overdue rehabilitation of the pregnant woman in literature is essential reading for scholars of the eighteenth century, gender and literary history.

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book Teaching Professional Attitudes and Basic Clinical Skills to Medical Students by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Lectures on Quantum Mechanics by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Selected Areas in Cryptography – SAC 2018 by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Water Resources and Food Security in the Vietnam Mekong Delta by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Transfer Pricing in SMEs by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Early Childhood Mathematics Skill Development in the Home Environment by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Finance and the Welfare State by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Business, Government and Economic Institutions in China by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Oncologic Emergency Medicine by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book The SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Atlas of Infectious Disease Pathology by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2017 by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Fluorescence Studies of Polymer Containing Systems by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book Flip-Flop Design in Nanometer CMOS by Jenifer Buckley
Cover of the book The Hermeneutics of Hell by Jenifer Buckley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy