1st Edition
The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
By Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth
Copyright 2002
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drawing together social and medical history and literary studies, The Reproductive Unconscious in Late Medieval and Early Modern England studies the social practices and metaphorical representations of childbirth in medieval and early modern texts and argues for the existence of a reproductive unconscious. Discussing midwifery treatises, obstetrical and gynecological manuals, and devotional texts... Read more
Preface
Introduction: Literacy, Ritual, and the Reproductive Unconscious
1 I wyl wright of women prevy sekenes: Female Textual and Birth Communities and the History of Women's Medical Texts
2 Theologized Maternity in Julian of Norwich's Book of Showings
3 A Very Maternal Mysticism: Images of Childbirth and its Rituals in The Book of Margery Kempe
4 with grievous groanes & deepe sighes: Female Textual and Birth Communities in the The Monument of Matrones
Figures
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: Literacy, Ritual, and the Reproductive Unconscious
1 I wyl wright of women prevy sekenes: Female Textual and Birth Communities and the History of Women's Medical Texts
2 Theologized Maternity in Julian of Norwich's Book of Showings
3 A Very Maternal Mysticism: Images of Childbirth and its Rituals in The Book of Margery Kempe
4 with grievous groanes & deepe sighes: Female Textual and Birth Communities in the The Monument of Matrones
Figures
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth
