Doctoring the novel : medicine and quackery from Shelley to Doyle /

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If nineteenth-century Britain witnessed the rise of medical professionalism, it also witnessed rampant quackery. It is tempting to categorize historical practices as either orthodox or quack, but what did these terms really signify in medical and public circles at the time? How did they develop and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pamboukian, Sylvia A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and medicine > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Quacks and quackery in literature.
Physicians in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et médecine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecins dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
MEDICAL > General.
English fiction
Literature and medicine
Physicians in literature
Quacks and quackery in literature
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:If nineteenth-century Britain witnessed the rise of medical professionalism, it also witnessed rampant quackery. It is tempting to categorize historical practices as either orthodox or quack, but what did these terms really signify in medical and public circles at the time? How did they develop and evolve? What do they tell us about actual medical practices? Doctoring the Novel explores the ways in which language constructs and stabilizes these slippery terms by examining medical quackery and orthodoxy in works such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Charles Dickens's Bleak House and Little Do.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0821444069
9780821444061

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