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Article: Maternal Measures: Figuring Caregiving in the Early Modern Period.(Book Review)
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- Shakespeare Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Edited by Naomi J. Miller and Naomi Yavneh Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2000
Maternal Measures is a large collection of small essays. By large I mean in total size (comparatively speaking these days) and generosity: the collection includes twenty essays, all of which situate themselves proudly within existing scholarship. Further, rather than focusing on only one country or one discipline (English literature, e.g.) they encompass a variety of geographical areas and traditions and consider art history and music as well as social history and literature. By small I mean in analytic scope: the essays are short, and they contribute a great quantity of useful ...