Pregnancy and the Novel

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 Brontes and George Eliot.- 5 Emily Bronte.- 6 Anne Bronte.- 7 George Eliot.- Part III: So Visible and So Hidden: Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy.- 8 Charles Dickens.- 9 Thomas Hardy.- 10 Conclusion.

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• Literatura: história e crítica
• Estudos literários: c 1500 a c 1800
• Estudos literários: c 1800 a c 1900
• Estudos cultirais

Literature, Science and Medicine Studies;Literature, Gender and Sexuality;Novel;Eighteenth century;Nineteenth century;Canonical authors;Birth stories;Reproductive medicine;Gynecology;Midwifery books;Medical treatises;Women's health;Open Access