Female Physicians in American Literature (eBook)

Abortion in 19th-Century Literature and Culture

Margaret Jay Jessee (Autor)

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2021
108 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-000-55439-7 (ISBN)

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Female Physicians in American Literature traces the woman physician character throughout her varying depictions in 19th-century literature, from her appearance in sensational fiction as an evil abortionist to her more well-known idyllic, feminine presence in novels of realism and regionalism. "e;Murderess,"e; "e;hag,"e; "e;She-Devil,"e; "e;the instrument of the very vilest crime known in the annals of hell"e;-these are just a few descriptions of women abortionists in popular 19th-century sensational fiction. In novels of regionalism, however, she is often depicted as moral, feminine, and self-sacrificing. This dichotomy, Jessee argues, reveals two opposing literary approaches to registering the national fears of all that both women and abortion evoke: the terrifying threats to white, masculine, Anglo-American male supremacy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.12.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-000-55439-2 / 1000554392
• ISBN-13: 978-1-000-55439-7 / 9781000554397