“[Writing Maternity] is impressively succinct, packing a carefully nuanced study of the rhetorical effect of various literary genres (childrearing advice literature, memoir, and popular fiction) on maternal emotion in Victorian-era Britain.…Compellingly, Regaignon’s study aids in illuminating a direct connection between mothering, class, and nation-building.…It provides an important basis for thinking about the part women have played and continue to play in the development of nations (not just symbolically) and the psychological impacts of that role.” —Amber Gill, H-Net
“[An] engaging, important book … To better capture—and perhaps revise—cultural and scientific discourses, Writing Maternity shows why we should bring rhetorical studies into closer conversation with literary studies. This book is also a significant contribution to the study of maternity and care.” —Livia Arndal Woods, Review 19
"Writing Maternity has much to offer to anyone with an interest in women’s writing, gender roles, or literature and medicine and will keep readers engaged from the first page to the last." —Ashleigh Blackwood, Women’s Writing