Nineteenth Century Narratives of Contagion 1st Edition by Allan Conrad Christensen ISBN 1134237332 9781134237333

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ISBN 10: 1134237332

ISBN 13: 9781134237333

Author:  Allan Conrad Christensen 

Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion 1st Edition: 

This intriguing book examines the ways contagion – or disease – inform and shape a wide variety of nineteenth century texts and contexts.

Christiensen dissects the cultural assumptions concerning disease, health, impurity and so on before exploring different perspectives on key themes such as plague, nursing and the hospital environment and focusing on certain key texts including Dicken’s Bleak House, Gaskell’s Ruth, and Zola’s Le Docteur Pascal.

 

Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 History as contagion

2 Providence amidst pestilence and fire

3 Swordsmen and needlewomen

4 Physicians, nurses and patients

5 Mothers, daughters and lovers

6 Writers and readers

7 Speakers, singers and listeners

 

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