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Birth passages : maternity and nostalgia, antiquity to Shakespeare / Theresa M. Krier.

Women writing childbirth : modern discourses of motherhood / Tess Cosslett.

Mothering the race : women's narratives of reproduction, 1890-1930 / Allison Berg.

The baby on the fire escape : creativity, motherhood, and the mind-baby problem / Julie Phillips.

Shakespearean maternities : crises on conception in early modern England / Chris Laoutaris.

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Motherhood in literature

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Birth passages : maternity and nostalgia, antiquity to Shakespeare / Theresa M. Krier.

Women writing childbirth : modern discourses of motherhood / Tess Cosslett.

Mothering the race : women's narratives of reproduction, 1890-1930 / Allison Berg.

The baby on the fire escape : creativity, motherhood, and the mind-baby problem / Julie Phillips.

Shakespearean maternities : crises on conception in early modern England / Chris Laoutaris.