Birth Figures Shakespeare studies & criticism The story has its beginnings

The story has its beginnings in the awkward courtship of dreamily innocent Margaret Kilker and unwilling hero Hugh Darcy in the dusty country towns of rural Australia

"Our Island is a true celebration of native Australian life

and I've learned something every time

It traces her early years as a princess

Birth Figures Shakespeare studies & criticism The story has its beginningsThe first full study of birth figures, a set of illustrations which were widely reproduced in early modern books on childbirth and midwifery. Birth figures are printed images of the pregnant uterus, always shown in series, that depict the variety of ways in which a fetus can present for birth. Historian Rebecca Whiteley coined the term and here offers the first systematic analysis of the images creation, use, and impact. Whiteley reveals their origins