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Pregnancy in Literature and Film

Parley Ann Boswell
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      This exploration of the ways in which pregnancy affects narrative, begins with two canonical American texts, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1848) and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) and relying on such diverse works as Frankenstein, Peyton Place, Beloved and I Love Lucy, the book chronicles how pregnancy evolves from a conventional plot device into a fully developed theme.Especially in the 20th and 21st centuries, the pregnancy narrative in fiction and film acts as a lightning rod with the power to electrify all genres of fiction and film, from early melodrama (Way Down East) to noir (Leave Her to Heaven); from horror (Rosemary's Baby) to science fiction and dystopia (Alien, The Handmaid's Tale); and from iconic (Lolita) to independent (Juno, Precious). Ultimately, the pregnancy narrative in popular film and fiction provides a remarkably clear lens by which we can gauge how popular American film and fiction express our most profound - and most private - fears, values and hopes.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Parley Ann Boswell EAN: 9780786473663 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 360 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-05-01 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Films, cinema

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      Parley Ann Boswell is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where she teaches American literature and film studies courses. She lives in Monticello, Illinois.
      This exploration of the ways in which pregnancy affects narrative, begins with two canonical American texts, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1848) and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) and relying on such diverse works as Frankenstein, Peyton Place, Beloved and I Love Lucy, the book chronicles how pregnancy evolves from a conventional plot device into a fully developed theme.Especially in the 20th and 21st centuries, the pregnancy narrative in fiction and film acts as a lightning rod with the power to electrify all genres of fiction and film, from early melodrama (Way Down East) to noir (Leave Her to Heaven); from horror (Rosemary's Baby) to science fiction and dystopia (Alien, The Handmaid's Tale); and from iconic (Lolita) to independent (Juno, Precious). Ultimately, the pregnancy narrative in popular film and fiction provides a remarkably clear lens by which we can gauge how popular American film and fiction express our most profound - and most private - fears, values and hopes.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Parley Ann Boswell EAN: 9780786473663 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 360 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McFarland & Co Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-05-01 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Films, cinema

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      Parley Ann Boswell is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where she teaches American literature and film studies courses. She lives in Monticello, Illinois.

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