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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454002803321

Titolo

Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Tristanne Connolly and Steve Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pickering & Chatto, 2009

ISBN

1-317-31612-6

1-282-12550-8

9786612125508

1-85196-692-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

The Enlightenment world : political and intellectual history of the long eighteenth century ; ; no. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

ConnollyTristanne J. <1970->

ClarkS. H <1957-> (Steven H.)

Disciplina

820.93561

Soggetti

Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History - 18th century

English literature - 18th century - History and criticism

Medicine in literature

Enlightenment - Great Britain

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

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes revised versions of papers presented at the joint conference of the British Association for Romanticism Studies and the North American Association for the Study of Romanticism (BARS/NASSR), "Emancipation, Liberation and Freedom", held in Bristol, England, July 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; Contributors; List of Figures; Introduction; 1. Liberation and Consumption; 2. Freedom, Health, and Hypochondria in Ignatius Sancho's Letters; 3. 'Uncle-Tommery'; 4. 'Due Preparations'; 5. An Organic Body Politic; 6. Blake, Liberation and Medicine; 7. Untying the Web of Urizen; 8. 'In Sickness, Despair, and in Agony'; 9. Disembodied Souls and Exemplary Narratives; 10. Idiotic Associations; 11. Authority and Imposture; 12. George Stubb's Dissection of the Horse and the Expressiveness of 'Facsimiles'; 13. In Submission; 14.



The Surprising Success of Dr Armstrong

15. Anna Barbauld's 'To a Little Invisible Being...'16. 'Some Heart Once Pregnant with Celestial Fire'; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of sixteen essays that focus on meanings within eighteenth century medical narratives.