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- Title
Literature and Medicine: The Nineteenth Century.
- Authors
Frawley, Maria
- Abstract
The article discusses the book "Literature and Medicine: The Nineteenth Century," edited by Clark Lawlor and Andrew Mangham. The book explores the intersection of literature and medicine in the 19th century, drawing from fields such as medical humanities, disability studies, bioethics, and gender studies. The book examines various aspects of this intersection, including the influence of medical developments on literature and the appropriation of literary modes by medical sources. The chapters in the book cover topics such as medical realism in literature, the role of poetry in medicine, and the representation of nervous ailments in novels. The article praises the book for its well-researched and carefully argued chapters, while also noting that it may not fully achieve the comprehensiveness implied by its title.
- Subjects
NINETEENTH century; MEDICAL humanities; POPULAR literature; POPULAR fiction
- Publication
Victorian Studies, 2023, Vol 65, Issue 4, p670
- ISSN
0042-5222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/vic.00060