{"product_id":"9780786473663","title":"Pregnancy in Literature and Film","description":"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.","brand":"Parley Ann Boswell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45852120842558,"sku":"9780786473663","price":882.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780786473663_ea4ce07e-f168-4229-b0c7-e8cbf88f24af.jpg?v=1707324912","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780786473663","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}