Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Note on Editions and Translations xiv
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Bleeding the Tears of Melancholia 29
9. 2 ‘Þe mukke’ of Marriage and the Sexual Paradox 59
10. 3 Lost Blood of the Middle Age: Surrogacy and Fecundity 97
11. 4 Margery Medica: The Healing Value of Pain Surrogacy 127
12. 5 The Passion of Death Surrogacy 161
13. 6 Senescent Reproduction: Writing Anamnestic Pain 183
14. Afterword / Afterlife 211
15. Glossary of Medical Terms 223
16. Select Bibliography 225
17. Index 245