Hidden mothers and poetic pregnancy in women's writing (1818 - present day)

This thesis investigates representations of the pregnant body in works by women writers in the period from 1818 to the present day, tracing the multiple connections between the actual bodily experience of pregnancy and its use as metaphor for literary production. Setting a diverse corpus of work by...

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Main Author: Blewitt, Sarah Emily
Published: Cardiff University 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683680