Abortion in the Fiction of Laclos, Rousseau, Isabelle de Charrière, Montesquieu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22005851 |
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| Authors | Servanne Woodward (0009-0003-3373-7076, Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ABO Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2157-7129 • E-ISSN: 2157-7129 |
| Publisher | University of South Florida Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5038/2157-7129.13.2.1364 |
| OpenAlex | W4405661426 |
| Language | EN |
Eighteenth-century French fiction containing episodes on abortion are influenced by the seventeenth-century scandal of La Voisin, and by the 1731 legal suit involving the Jesuit Priest Père Girard and Catherine Cadière. Two observations may be derived from eighteenth-century French novels: women's abortions are monitored, instigated, and decided by fathers, husbands and lovers, who select for them, if they are to remain celibate, and whose children they bear. And as well, abortion tests or reveals the limits of a woman’s individual freedom and right to care for herself
Abortion · Art · Literature · Pregnancy · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
| Highly cited | No |
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