Narratives of Injury - Nineteenth-Century Coalfields Fiction

Narratives of Injury redescribes the history of injury from the perspective of those most at risk, rather than medical professionals and other outsiders, refocusing on the first-hand perspectives found in literary texts and journalistic accounts.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One
Pre-empting Accident: Household Words and Dickens' Hard Times
Chapter Two
Real-time Disaster: Joseph Skipsey and the Hartley Colliery Disaster
Chapter Three
The Coalfields Novel and Eliot's Felix Holt
Chapter Four
Long-Term Trauma: Zola's Germinal and Tirebuck's Miss Grace of All Souls'
Chapter Five
Universal Healthcare: Wells' The Time Machine, In the Days of the Comet and Meanwhile
Chapter Six
Implications for the Canon: D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

About the author

Rosalyn Buckland completed her AHRC-funded PhD in English Literature (Medical Humanities) at King's College London, having previously studied at Cambridge and Edinburgh. She has since trained as a doctor, and has first-hand experience providing emergency medical treatment both in-hospital and alongside the London Ambulance Service. She currently practices as a psychiatrist at CNWL NHS Trust.

Summary

Narratives of Injury redescribes the history of injury from the perspective of those most at risk, rather than medical professionals and other outsiders, refocusing on the first-hand perspectives found in literary texts and journalistic accounts.

Product details

• Authors: Rosalyn Buckland
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032751887
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275188-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Studies in Literature and Health Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary theory