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Author:   Josephine Billingham
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781041181408

ISBN 10:   104118140
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Epigram, Author's notes, List of Illustrations, Chapter 1: Losses, Lacunae and Liminality Chapter 2: European and Medieval Contexts of Infanticide Chapter 3: The liminal child and mother Chapter 4: Love, Law and Liminality Chapter 5: Constructing Outsiders, Constructing Killers Chapter 6: Not the Usual Suspects: Communities and Accomplices Chapter 7: Not the Usual Suspects: Married Women Chapter 8: Not the Usual Suspects: Men Chapter 9: Interlude: Infanticide 1700-1950 Chapter 10: Epilogue: Echoes of the Past, Appendix 1: The 1624 Infanticide Act, Appendix 2: Note on Sussex Coroners' inquests, Appendix 3: Sussex Cases of Violent, Unnatural, Unexplained Infant Death 1547-1686: Complete list of cases from archival and other sources, Appendix 4: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Water, Appendix 5: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Throwing, Appendix 6: Sussex Infant Deaths Involving Bloodshed or Extreme Violence ,Appendix 7: Sussex Infant Deaths Showing Direct Involvement of Men, Index.

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Josephine Billingham has a PhD in English Literature from UCL. She is an independent scholar with particular interest in liminality, infant death, literature in its historical context, and the interplay between historical and literary sources.

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