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Passion and pathology in Victorian fiction
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Jane, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--History and criticism--19th century--Great Britain.
- English fiction.
- Human body in literature--History--19th century--Great Britain.
- Human body in literature.
- Literature and medicine--History--19th century.
- Literature and medicine.
- Neurology--History and criticism.
- Neurology.
- Medical fiction.
- Mental illness in literature.
- Mind and body in literature.
- Emotions in literature.
- Diseases in literature.
- Literature.
- Humanities.
- Literature, Modern.
- Medicine in Literature.
- Medical Subjects:
- Literature.
- Humanities.
- Literature, Modern.
- Medicine in Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 232 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In what was once described as The Century of Nerves, a fascination with the processes governing physical and psychological states was shared by medical and fiction writers alike. This is a study of pathology in Victorian fiction.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191674723 (ebook) :
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