This Giving Birth - 9780879728083

This Giving BirthPregnancy and Childbirth in American Women's Writing\nAuthor(s): THARP, Julie Tharp, Susan MacCallum-Whitcomb\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The Popular Press, United States\nImprint: The Popular Press\nISBN-13: 9780879728083, 978-0879728083\nSynopsis\nA collection of essays that underlines the central place pregnancy and childbirth hold in American Women's writing. Covering three centuries of prose and poetry, it traces the evolution of American maternity literature, exploring the difficulties mothers faced as they transformed themselves.