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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450634203321

Autore

Swenson Kristine <1966->

Titolo

Medical women and Victorian fiction [[electronic resource] /] / Kristine Swenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8262-6431-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

823/.8093561

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Medicine in literature

Physicians in literature

Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Women physicians in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Medical women old and new -- Angels of mercy -- Nightmare figures : backlash against the new nurse -- Sex and fair play : establishing the woman doctor -- The new woman doctor novel -- Medical women and imperial fiction.