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Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Contagion - ''Our Feverish Contact''

English · Paperback / Softback

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

List of contents










Acknowledgements, Note on citations, 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, Conclusion: money handlers and bookkeepers, Notes, Bibliography, Index

About the author










Allan Conrad Christensen is Professor of English at John Cabot University in Rome. He is the author of Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Fiction of New Regions (1976) and a book on the Italian Victorian novelist Giovanni Ruffini (1996).


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

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