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

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Hellwarth, Jennifer Wynne, 1961-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:	Studies in medieval history and culture ; v. 13.
Subjects:	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. English literature > Early modern. English literature > Middle English. Literature and medicine. Women and literature. England. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of 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.