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NINETEENTH-CENTURY NARRATIVES OF CONTAGION IBD

ROUTLEDGE
04 / 2005
9780415360487
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This intriguing book examines the ways contagion -áor disease - inform and shape a wide variety of nineteenth century texts and contexts. Christiensen dissects the cultural assumptions concerning disease, health, impurity and so on before exploring different perspectives on key themes such as plague, nursing and the hospital environment and focusing on certain key texts including DickenâÇÖs Bleak House, GaskellâÇÖs Ruth, and ZolaâÇÖs Le Docteur Pascal.

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382,46