Murky Waters - British Spas in Eighteenth-Century Medicine and Literature

Murky waters explores the ambivalent representations of spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature. It gives a wide cultural perspective of the numerous spas, springs and wells of Britain, well beyond Bath, and focuses on specific political and cultural tensions while reasserting the centrality of health in spa towns.

About the author

Sophie Vasset is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at the Institute for Research on the Renaissance, Classical Age and Enlightenment, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3

Summary

Murky waters explores the ambivalent representations of spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature. It gives a wide cultural perspective of the numerous spas, springs and wells of Britain, well beyond Bath, and focuses on specific political and cultural tensions while reasserting the centrality of health in spa towns. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Sophie Vasset
• Assisted by: Ladan Niayesh (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781526159717
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5971-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies; Seventeenth- And Eighteenth-Ce
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General