Pregnant Bodies from Shakespeare to Ford: A Phenomenology of Pregnancy in English Early Modern Drama

Katarzyna Burzyńska holds a PhD in English literature and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Her research interests include English early modern drama, eco-feminism, vegan studies and philosophical analysis of literature. In 2016 she published The Early Modern (Re)discovery of ’Overhuman’ Potential: Marlowe’s and Shakespeare’s Over-reachers in the Light of Nietzsche’s Philosophy. The current monographis a result of a research 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 National Science Centre, Poland (no. UMO-2017/27/B/HS2/00089).