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Author:

Christensen, Allan Conrad, author.

Title:

Nineteenth-century narratives of contagion : 'our feverish contact' / Allan Conrad Christensen.

Edition:

[First paperback edition.]

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

ix, 350 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Medicine in literature.
Literature and medicine--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Literature and medicine--Europe--History--19th century.
Communicable diseases in literature.
Epidemics in literature.
Diseases in literature.
Medicine in Literature--England.
Communicable Diseases--England.
Disease Outbreaks--England.
History, 19th Century--England.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-342) and index.

Contents:

7. Conclusion : money handlers and bookkeepers. 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 -- Conclusion : money handlers and bookkeepers.

Series:

Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature ; 1

ISBN:

0415836158
9780415836159

OCLC:

(OCoLC)894919016

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)