Reading the Brontë body : disease, desire, and the constraints of culture

Reading the Brontë body : disease, desire, and the constraints of culture /

Anne, Emily, and Charlotte Brontë's literary representations of illness and disease reflect the major role illness played in the lives of the Victorians and its frequent reoccurrence within the Brontës' personal lives. An in-depth analysis of the history of nineteenth-century medicine prov...

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Main Author: Torgerson, Beth E. (Beth Ellen) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brontë, Emily, > 1818-1848 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brontë, Anne, > 1820-1849 > Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and medicine > England > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Human body in literature.
Diseases in literature.
Desire in literature.
Medicine in literature.
Health attitudes.
Literature, Modern
Medicine in Literature
Attitude to Health
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