03374nam 2200757 a 450 991045836350332120200520144314.01-134-23734-01-281-15803-897866111580330-203-00823-5(CKB)1000000000399811(EBL)308860(OCoLC)476091499(SSID)ssj0000211394(PQKBManifestationID)11181437(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211394(PQKBWorkID)10293007(PQKB)10140953(MiAaPQ)EBC308860(Au-PeEL)EBL308860(CaPaEBR)ebr10227243(CaONFJC)MIL115803(OCoLC)935263687(EXLCZ)99100000000039981120041026d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNineteenth-century narratives of contagion[electronic resource] 'our feverish contact' /Allan Conrad ChristensenLondon ;New York Routledge20051 online resource (361 p.)Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-415-83615-8 0-415-36048-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-342) and index.Half Title: Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion; TItle Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on citations; 1 History as contagion; 2 Providence amidst pestilence and fire; 3 Swordsmen and needlewomen; 4 Physicians, nurses and patients; 5 Mothers, daughters and lovers; 6 Writers and readers; 7 Speakers, singers and listeners; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis intriguing book examines the ways contagion - or disease - inform and shape a wide variety of nineteenth century texts and contexts.Christiensen dissects the cultural assumptions concerning disease, health, impurity and so on before exploring different perspectives on key themes such as plague, nursing and the hospital environment and focusing on certain key texts including Dicken's Bleak House, Gaskell's Ruth, and Zola's Le Docteur Pascal.Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ;1.English fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismMedicine in literatureLiterature and medicineGreat BritainHistory19th centuryLiterature and medicineEuropeHistory19th centuryCommunicable diseases in literatureEpidemics in literatureDiseases in literatureElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.Medicine in literature.Literature and medicineHistoryLiterature and medicineHistoryCommunicable diseases in literature.Epidemics in literature.Diseases in literature.823/.8093561Christensen Allan Conrad872777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458363503321Nineteenth-century narratives of contagion1948460UNINA