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Gender, Pregnancy and Power in Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Maternal Imagination (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine) by Jenifer Buckley is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>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,
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- Author
- Jenifer Buckley
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing, Springer International Publishing : Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319538341
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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