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Consumption and Literature: The Making of the Romantic Disease 1st ed. 2007 edition
C. Lawlor
Consumption and Literature: The Making of the Romantic Disease 1st ed. 2007 edition
C. Lawlor
This book seeks to explain how consumption - a horrible disease - came to be the glamorous and artistic Romantic malady. It tries to explain the disparity between literary myth and bodily reality, by examining literature and medicine from the Renaissance to the late Victorian period, covering a wide range of authors and characters.
243 pages, VIII, 243 p.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9781349286119 |
Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 243 |
Dimensions | 322 g |
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