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Nineteenth-century narratives of contagion [[electronic resource] ] : 'our feverish contact' / / Allan Conrad Christensen



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Autore: Christensen Allan Conrad Visualizza persona
Titolo: Nineteenth-century narratives of contagion [[electronic resource] ] : 'our feverish contact' / / Allan Conrad Christensen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
Disciplina: 823/.8093561
Soggetto topico: English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Medicine in literature
Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Literature and medicine - Europe - History - 19th century
Communicable diseases in literature
Epidemics in literature
Diseases in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-342) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Nineteenth-century narratives of contagion  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-23734-0
1-281-15803-8
9786611158033
0-203-00823-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784893903321
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Serie: Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; ; 1.