Category Archives: Birth scenes

Dot writes: this extract comes by a rather tortured route: it is my translation of a section of a Middle English translation of the fourteenth-century Revelations of St Bridget of Sweden. In this passage, St Bridget witnesses the birth of … Continue reading →

Dot writes: a couple of months back I had an idea for a sort of very preliminary research project: gathering portrayals of birth from different periods of literature. The representation of birth is a rather fascinating topic. The experience of … Continue reading →