Luttfring, Sara D.. Bodies, speech, and reproductive knowledge in early modern England

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Reproductive bodies and bodily narratives in early modern England, 1603-1660 -- Virginity, politics, and history in The changeling and The Essex divorce -- Pregnancy, interiority, and the circulation of knowledge in early modern medical treatises and 'Tis pity she's a whore -- Birthing room gossip and the construction of patriarchal authority in early modern satire and A chaste maid in Cheapside -- (De)Formative parental influence in early modern monstrous birth pamphlets and The winter's tale