Child murder and British culture, 1720-1900 / Josephine McDonagh.

Bastards and foundlings : infanticide, illegitimacy, and gender in eighteenth-century British literature / by Lisa Zunshine.

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Infanticide in literature

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Child murder and British culture, 1720-1900 / Josephine McDonagh.

Bastards and foundlings : infanticide, illegitimacy, and gender in eighteenth-century British literature / by Lisa Zunshine.