Literature and Medicine: Volume 2

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Literature and Medicine: Volume 2

The Nineteenth Century

Biography, Literature and Literary studies Literary studies: general Medicine and Nursing Medicine: general issues Medical equipment and techniques Public health and preventive medicine Medical sociology History of medicine Clinical and internal medicine Medical study and revision guides and reference material

Author: Andrew Mangham

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Language: English

Published by: Cambridge University Press

Published on: 24th June 2021

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781108356350


Overview

Offering an authoritative account of the relationship between literature and medicine between approximately 1800 and 1900, this volume brings together leading scholars in the field to provide a valuable overview of how two dynamic fields influenced and shaped each during a period of revolutionary change.

Historical Context

During the nineteenth century, medicine was being redefined as a subject in which experimental methodologies could transform the healing art, and was simultaneously branching off into new specialisms and subdivisions.

Key Questions

Questions addressed in this volume include the influence of physics on poetry, the role of medical professionalism in fiction, the cultural and literary representation of sanitation, and the interdisciplinary nature of controversy and negligence.

Related Publications

Along with its sister publication, Literature and Medicine in the Eighteenth Century, this volume offers a major critical overview of the study of literature and medicine.

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