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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankROMANTICISM,MATERNITY,ANDTHEBODYPOLITICInRomanticism,Maternity,andtheBodyPolitic,JulieKippexaminesRomanticwriters’treatmentsofmotherhoodandmaternalbodiesinthecontextofthelegal,medical,educational,andsocioeconomicde-batesaboutmotherhoodso
2、popularduringtheperiod.Shearguesthatthesediscussionsturnedthephysicalprocessesassociatedwithmotheringintomattersofnationalimportance.Theprivatelysharedspacessignifiedbythewomborthematernalbreastweremadepublicbythewidespreadinterestintheworkingsofthematernalbody.Thesep
3、rivatespacesevidencedforwritersoftheperiodtheradicalexposureofmotherandchildtooneanother–forgoodorill.Kipp’sprimaryconcernistounderlinethewaysthatwritersusedrepresentationsofmother–childbondsaswaysofnaturalizing,endorsing,andcritiquingEnlightenmentconstructionsofinte
4、rpersonalandinterculturalrela-tions.ThisfascinatingliteraryandculturalstudywillappealtoallscholarsofRomanticism.juliekippisAssistantProfessorofEnglishatHopeCollegeinMichigan.SheistheauthorofarticlesonRobertBrowning,FriedrichSchlegel,andMariaEdgeworth.cambridgestudies
5、inromanticismGeneraleditorsProfessorMarilynButlerProfessorJamesChandlerUniversityofOxfordUniversityofChicagoEditorialboardJohnBarrell,UniversityofYorkPaulHamilton,UniversityofLondonMaryJacobus,UniversityofCambridgeKennethJohnston,IndianaUniversityAlanLiu,Universityof
6、California,SantaBarbaraJeromeMcGann,UniversityofVirginiaDavidSimpson,UniversityofCalifornia,DavisThisseriesaimstofosterthebestnewworkinoneofthemostchallengingfieldswithinEnglishliterarystudies.Fromtheearly1780stotheearly1830saformidablearrayoftalentedmenandwomentookto
7、literarycomposition,notjustinpoetry,whichsomeofthemfamouslytransformed,butinmanymodesofwriting.Theexpansionofpublishingcreatednewopportunitiesforwriters,andthepoliticalstakesofwhattheywrotewereraisedagainbywhatWordsworthcalledthose‘greatnationalevents’thatwere‘almost
8、dailytakingplace’:theFrenchRevolution,theNapoleonicandAmericanwars,urbanisation,industrialisation,religiousrevival,anexpandedempire