Abortive Avoidance: The Victorian Medical Profession, Reproductive Rights, and Obscenity.

The article discusses how 19th century Victorian literature explored the topic of abortion and reproductive rights. Topics discussed include the portrayal of taboo subjects such as incest and rape in some Victorian pornographic texts, writer Walter de la Mare's use of a Gothic lens to criticize the...

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Published in:	Women's Studies Vol. 53; no. 8; pp. 1010 - 1031
Main Author:	Cole, Thomas
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2024
Subjects:	English literature 19th century literature Abortion in literature Birth control in literature Reproductive rights
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost