Pregnancy Question and the Novel

Detection and Concealment from Richardson to Hardy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-08
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137276452

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Tracy Brain is Professor of Creative Writing and English Literature at Bath Spa University, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Introduction.- Part I: 'Conceal this Unhappy Body': Clarissa and the Question of Hidden Pregnancy.- 2 Medical Texts.- 3 Clarissa Before.- 4 Clarissa After.- Part II: Incorporeal Pregnancy and Disguised Labour: the Brontës and George Eliot.- 5 Emily Brontë.- 6 Anne Brontë.- 7 George Eliot.- Part III: So Visible and So Hidden: Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy.- 8 Charles Dickens.- 9 Thomas Hardy.- 10 Conclusion.