Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- List of Illustrations
- Dedication
- Introduction: Constructing Maternal Knowledge
- 1 Flesh and Stone: Dissecting Maternity in the Theatre of Anatomy
- 2 The Cabinet of Wonders: Monstrous Conceptions in the Theatre of Nature
- 3 Strange Labours: Maternity and Maleficium in the Theatre of Justice
- 4 Speaking Stones: Memory and Maternity in the Theatre of Death
- Postscript: Our Maternities: The Historical Legacy
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- List of Illustrations
- Dedication
- Introduction: Constructing Maternal Knowledge
- 1 Flesh and Stone: Dissecting Maternity in the Theatre of Anatomy
- 2 The Cabinet of Wonders: Monstrous Conceptions in the Theatre of Nature
- 3 Strange Labours: Maternity and Maleficium in the Theatre of Justice
- 4 Speaking Stones: Memory and Maternity in the Theatre of Death
- Postscript: Our Maternities: The Historical Legacy
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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- Shakespearean MaternitiesCrises of Conception in Early Modern England, pp. v - viiiPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2008