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

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).

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Allan Conrad Christensen, Christensen Allan Conrad
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415836159
• ISBN: 978-0-415-83615-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General