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Symptoms of the self : tuberculosis and the making of the modern stage /

"Symptoms of the Self offers the first full study of one of the most paradoxically popular figures in transatlantic theatre history : the stage consumptive. Consumption, or tuberculosis, remains one of the world's most deadly epidemic diseases; in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barker, Roberta (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2022]
Colección:Studies in theatre history and culture
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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650 6 |a Théâtre  |x Histoire  |y 20e siècle. 
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