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Pregnant Bodies from Shakespeare to Ford

A Phenomenology of Pregnancy in English Early Modern Drama

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780367756468
• ISBN-10: 0367756463
• Artikelnr.: 68715714

Autorenporträt

Katarzyna Burzy¿ska holds a PhD in English literature and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä. Her research interests include English early modern drama, eco-feminism, vegan studies and philosophical analysis of literature. In 2016 she published The Early Modern (Re)discovery of 'Overhuman' Potential: Marlowe's and Shakespeare's Over-reachers in the Light of Nietzsche's Philosophy. The current monograph is a result of a research project entitled "Sir, she came in great with child, and longing": Phenomenology of pregnancy in English early modern drama (Measure for Measure 2.1.96)" financed by National Science Centre, Poland (no. UMO-2017/27/B/HS2/00089).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Early Modern and Modern Discourses of Pregnancy and Maternity
1. Conception, Quickening and Engulfing Expansion: Pregnant Embodiment
in Shakespeare's Early Pregnancy Plays
1. Pregnancy, Labour and the Postpartum Period: Pregnant Embodiment in
Shakespeare's Late Pregnancy Plays
2. Delivery and Lying-in in Middleton's City Comedies
3. Illicit and Secret Pregnancy in Post-Shakespearean Tragedies
Conclusion