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Dr Katarzyna Burzyńska, “With child? How dost thou know’t?”: Anabella’s pregnant embodiment and the early modern medical discourse on reproduction
Dr Katarzyna Burzyńska holds a PhD in English literature and is currently an assistant professor at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. She teaches translation, culture studies and English early modern drama. Her research interests include feminist and queer studies with a focus on history of embodiment as well as philosophical analysis of literature. In 2016 she published her doctoral dissertation entitled The early modern (re)discovery of ‘overhuman’ potential: Marlowe’s and Shakespeare’s over-reachers in the light of Nietzsche’s philosophy.
This paper is part of a bigger project entitled “Sir, she came in great with child, and longing”: phenomenology of pregnancy in English early modern drama (Measure for Measure 2.1.96)” financed by The National Science Centre, Poland within the scheme OPUS (Contract no. UMO-2017/27/B/HS2/00089, Project no. 2017/27/B/HS2/00089).
Music: Aitua, 'Blind Fire', from the album Elements. Used with the kind permission of the artist. All rights reserved.
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This paper is part of a bigger project entitled “Sir, she came in great with child, and longing”: phenomenology of pregnancy in English early modern drama (Measure for Measure 2.1.96)” financed by The National Science Centre, Poland within the scheme OPUS (Contract no. UMO-2017/27/B/HS2/00089, Project no. 2017/27/B/HS2/00089).
Music: Aitua, 'Blind Fire', from the album Elements. Used with the kind permission of the artist. All rights reserved.