Title The reproductive unconscious in medieval and early modern England / Jennifer Wynne Hellwarth

Published Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in medieval history and culture ; 13 Studies in medieval history and culture ; v. 13. Contents 1. "I wyl wright of women prevy sekenesse" : 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 Monument of Matrones Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2014) Subject English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism Childbirth in literature. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Literature and medicine -- England -- History Women and literature -- England -- History Human reproduction in literature. Subconsciousness in literature. Virginity in literature. Sex role in literature. Childbirth in literature English literature -- Early modern English literature -- Middle English Human reproduction in literature Literature and medicine Sex role in literature Subconsciousness in literature Virginity in literature Women and literature England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781315024103 1315024101

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