Peering behind the curtain : disability, illness, and the extraordinary body in contemporary theater / / edited by Thomas Fahy and Kimball King |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
Disciplina | 194 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FahyThomas Richard
KingKimball |
Collana | Studies in Modern Drama |
Soggetto topico |
American drama - 20th century - History and criticism
People with disabilities in literature Literature and medicine - English-speaking countries - History - 20th century English drama - 20th century - History and criticism Abnormalities, Human, in literature Human body in literature Diseases in literature Medicine in literature Sick in literature |
ISBN |
1-135-30903-5
1-138-99484-7 0-203-95132-8 1-135-30896-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Peering Behind the Curtain; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editor's Note; Peering behind the Curtain: An Introduction; Part I; Between Two Worlds: The Emerging Aesthetic of the National Theater of the Deaf; ""Better Me Than You"": Children of a Lesser God, Deaf Education, and Paternalism; Violence, Pain, Pleasure: Wit; Making an Art out of Suffering: Bill T. Jones's Uncle Tom; ""It Hurts?"": Afflicted Bodies in Beckett's Drama; Depression-the Undiagnosed Disability in Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother
""Some Unheard-of Thing"": Freaks, Families, and Coming of Age in The Member of the WeddingYoung Doctors Come to See the Elephant Man; Part II; Acting without Limits: Profiles of Three Physically Disabled Performers; Two-Act Play; An Interview with James MacDonald; Balance Is Stillness; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826049403321 |
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Pestilence in Medieval and early modern English literature / / Bryon Lee Grigsby |
Autore | Grigsby Bryon Lee. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 201 p |
Disciplina | 820.9/3561 |
Collana | Medieval history and culture |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism
Medicine in literature English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History Epidemics - Great Britain - History Diseases - Great Britain - History Medicine - Great Britain - History Plague - Great Britain - History Diseases in literature Plague in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-135-88383-1
1-135-88384-X 1-280-04985-5 0-203-50885-8 0-415-76266-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 From Sophrosyne to Sin -- chapter 2 Leprosy, Bubonic Plague, and Syphilis -- chapter 3 Leprosy and Spiritual Sins in Medieval Literature -- chapter 4 Plague as Apocalypse in Medieval Literature -- chapter 5 Learning to Cope with Disease -- chapter 6 Leprosy and Syphilis in Early Modern Literature. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451769303321 |
Grigsby Bryon Lee.
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Pestilence in Medieval and early modern English literature / / Bryon Lee Grigsby |
Autore | Grigsby Bryon Lee. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 201 p |
Disciplina | 820.9/3561 |
Collana | Medieval history and culture |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism
Medicine in literature English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History Epidemics - Great Britain - History Diseases - Great Britain - History Medicine - Great Britain - History Plague - Great Britain - History Diseases in literature Plague in literature |
ISBN |
1-135-88383-1
1-135-88384-X 1-280-04985-5 0-203-50885-8 0-415-76266-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 From Sophrosyne to Sin -- chapter 2 Leprosy, Bubonic Plague, and Syphilis -- chapter 3 Leprosy and Spiritual Sins in Medieval Literature -- chapter 4 Plague as Apocalypse in Medieval Literature -- chapter 5 Learning to Cope with Disease -- chapter 6 Leprosy and Syphilis in Early Modern Literature. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777435203321 |
Grigsby Bryon Lee.
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pestilence in Medieval and early modern English literature / / Bryon Lee Grigsby |
Autore | Grigsby Bryon Lee |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 201 p |
Disciplina | 820.9/3561 |
Collana | Medieval history and culture |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism
Medicine in literature English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History Epidemics - Great Britain - History Diseases - Great Britain - History Medicine - Great Britain - History Plague - Great Britain - History Diseases in literature Plague in literature |
ISBN |
1-135-88383-1
1-135-88384-X 1-280-04985-5 0-203-50885-8 0-415-76266-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 From Sophrosyne to Sin -- chapter 2 Leprosy, Bubonic Plague, and Syphilis -- chapter 3 Leprosy and Spiritual Sins in Medieval Literature -- chapter 4 Plague as Apocalypse in Medieval Literature -- chapter 5 Learning to Cope with Disease -- chapter 6 Leprosy and Syphilis in Early Modern Literature. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827253003321 |
Grigsby Bryon Lee
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New York, : Routledge, 2004 | ||
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Profound science and elegant literature [[electronic resource] ] : imagining doctors in nineteenth-century America / / Stephanie P. Browner |
Autore | Browner Stephanie P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.3093561 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Physicians in literature Literature and medicine - United States - History - 19th century Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century Medical fiction, American - History and criticism Physicians - United States Medicine in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8122-0148-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: What's a Doctor, After All? -- Chapter 1 Professional Medicine, Democracy, and the Modern Body: The Discovery of Etherization -- Chapter 2 Reading the Body: Hawthorne's Tales of Medical Ambition -- Chapter 3 Carnival Bodies and Medical Professionalism in Melville's Fiction -- Chapter 4 Class and Character: Doctors in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals -- Chapter 5 Gender, Medicine, and Literature in Postbellum Fiction -- Chapter 6 Social Surgery: Physicians on the Color Line -- Epilogue: From the Clinic to the Research Laboratory: A Case Study of Three Stories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462644903321 |
Browner Stephanie P
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
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Profound science and elegant literature [[electronic resource] ] : imagining doctors in nineteenth-century America / / Stephanie P. Browner |
Autore | Browner Stephanie P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.3093561 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Physicians in literature Literature and medicine - United States - History - 19th century Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century Medical fiction, American - History and criticism Physicians - United States Medicine in literature |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Cultural Studies Literature |
ISBN | 0-8122-0148-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: What's a Doctor, After All? -- Chapter 1 Professional Medicine, Democracy, and the Modern Body: The Discovery of Etherization -- Chapter 2 Reading the Body: Hawthorne's Tales of Medical Ambition -- Chapter 3 Carnival Bodies and Medical Professionalism in Melville's Fiction -- Chapter 4 Class and Character: Doctors in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals -- Chapter 5 Gender, Medicine, and Literature in Postbellum Fiction -- Chapter 6 Social Surgery: Physicians on the Color Line -- Epilogue: From the Clinic to the Research Laboratory: A Case Study of Three Stories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787519403321 |
Browner Stephanie P
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
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Profound science and elegant literature : imagining doctors in nineteenth-century America / / Stephanie P. Browner |
Autore | Browner Stephanie P |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.3093561 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Physicians in literature Literature and medicine - United States - History - 19th century Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century Medical fiction, American - History and criticism Physicians - United States Medicine in literature |
ISBN | 0-8122-0148-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: What's a Doctor, After All? -- Chapter 1 Professional Medicine, Democracy, and the Modern Body: The Discovery of Etherization -- Chapter 2 Reading the Body: Hawthorne's Tales of Medical Ambition -- Chapter 3 Carnival Bodies and Medical Professionalism in Melville's Fiction -- Chapter 4 Class and Character: Doctors in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals -- Chapter 5 Gender, Medicine, and Literature in Postbellum Fiction -- Chapter 6 Social Surgery: Physicians on the Color Line -- Epilogue: From the Clinic to the Research Laboratory: A Case Study of Three Stories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817188203321 |
Browner Stephanie P
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
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La pulce di Hooke : intersezioni tra medicina, letteratura e arte / / Massimo Conese |
Autore | Conese Massimo <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stilo Editrice |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine and art
Medicine in art Literature and medicine Medicine in literature Medicine - History |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Altri titoli varianti | Pulce di Hooke |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910746488203321 |
Conese Massimo <1961->
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Reading for health : medical narratives and the nineteenth-century novel / / Erika Wright |
Autore | Wright Erika <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.8093561 |
Collana | Series in Victorian studies |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History - 19th century Medicine in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8214-4563-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: becoming patient readers -- Pt. 1. Domestication -- Jane Austen's plots of prevention -- Health, identity, and narrative authority in Jane Eyre -- Pt. 2. Isolation -- Quarantine, social theory, and Little Dorrit -- The omniscience of invalidism: The case of Harriet Martineau -- pt. 3. Professionalization -- Narrative competence and the family doctor in Gaskell's Wives and daughters -- Afterword: health in narrative medicine. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465931503321 |
Wright Erika <1970->
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Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2016] | ||
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Reading for health : medical narratives and the nineteenth-century novel / / Erika Wright |
Autore | Wright Erika <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.8093561 |
Collana | Series in Victorian studies |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History - 19th century Medicine in literature |
ISBN | 0-8214-4563-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: becoming patient readers -- pt. 1. Domestication -- Jane Austen's plots of prevention -- Health, identity, and narrative authority in Jane Eyre -- pt. 2. Isolation -- Quarantine, social theory, and Little Dorrit -- The omniscience of invalidism: The case of Harriet Martineau -- pt. 3. Professionalization -- Narrative competence and the family doctor in Gaskell's Wives and daughters -- Afterword: health in narrative medicine. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798199103321 |
Wright Erika <1970->
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Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2016] | ||
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