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Author:

Swenson, Kristine, 1966-

Title:

Medical women and Victorian fiction / Kristine Swenson.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

ix, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Literature and medicine--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women physicians in literature.
Physicians in literature.
Medicine In Literature
Medicine in Literature--Great Britain.
History of Nursing--Great Britain.
History, 19th Century--Great Britain.
Physicians, Women--history--Great Britain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.

Contents:

Medical women old and new -- Angels of mercy -- Nightmare figures : backlash against the new nurse -- Sex and fair play : establishing the woman doctor -- The new woman doctor novel -- Medical women and imperial fiction.

ISBN:

9780826215666 (alk. paper)
0826215661 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56733518

LCCN:

2004023018

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)