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Female Physicians in American Literature: Abortion in 19th-Century Literature and Culture (Routledge Focus on Literature)

Margaret Jay Jessee

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Description: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. Murderess, hag, She-Devil, the instrument of the very vilest crime known in the annals of hell--these are just a few descriptions of women abortionists in popular 19th-century sensation 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Female Physicians in American Literature: Abortion in 19th-Century Literature and Culture (Routledge Focus on Literature). To get started finding Female Physicians in American Literature: Abortion in 19th-Century Literature and Culture (Routledge Focus on Literature), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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. Murderess, hag, She-Devil, the instrument of the very vilest crime known in the annals of hell--these are just a few descriptions of women abortionists in popular 19th-century sensation 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Female Physicians in American Literature: Abortion in 19th-Century Literature and Culture (Routledge Focus on Literature). To get started finding Female Physicians in American Literature: Abortion in 19th-Century Literature and Culture (Routledge Focus on Literature), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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