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Certain Concealments : Poe, Hawthorne, and Early Nineteenth-Century Abortion

by Dana Medoro

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series Becoming Modern: Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
ISBN-10 1625346484
ISBN-13 9781625346483
Publisher University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint University of Massachusetts Press
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jul 29th, 2022
Print length 256 Pages
Weight 363 grams
Product Classification: Literary studies: generalLiterary companions, book reviews & guidesLiterary companions, book reviews and guidesHistory of the AmericasSocial & cultural historyEthical issues, topics and debates: reproductive health, abortion and birth controlFeminism and feminist theoryFeminism & feminist theoryEthical issues: abortion & birth controlHistory of the AmericasSocial and cultural history
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Through the thwarted plotlines, genealogical interruptions, and terminated ideas of Poe’s Dupin trilogy and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, and The Blithedale Romance, these authors consider new concepts around race, reproduction, and American exceptionalism.
Antebellum America saw a great upsurge in abortion, driven in part by the rise of the pharmaceutical industry. Unsurprisingly, the practice became increasingly visible in the popular culture and literature of the era, appearing openly in advertisements, popular fiction, and newspaper reports. One figure would come to dominate national headlines from the 1840s onward: Madame Restell. Facing public condemnation and mob attacks at her home for her dogged support of women's reproductive rights, Restell built an empire selling her powders, pills, and services along the Eastern Seaboard.

Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne undoubtedly knew of Restell's work and would go on to depict the incompatibility of abortion and nationalism in their writings. Through the thwarted plotlines, genealogical interruptions, and terminated ideas of Poe's Dupin trilogy and Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, and The Blithedale Romance, these authors consider new concepts around race, reproduction, and American exceptionalism. Dana Medoro demonstrates that their work can be usefully read in the context of debates on fetal life and personhood that circulated in the era.

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