Convalescence in the Nineteenth-Century Novel: The Afterlife of Victorian Illness

ISBN-13: 9781108948913 / Miękka / 2023 / 244 str.

Hosanna (University of Wyoming) Krienke

Opis

This interdisciplinary study examines how holistic aftercare became a crucial supplement to scientific medicine in nineteenth-century Britain.

Recenzje

'… an exciting new vision of Victorian attitudes toward convalescence and healing. A valuable addition to the literature on Victorian culture. Highly recommended.' L. M. Purdy, Choice

Spis treści

1. Convalescence and the Working-Class: Convalescent Homes, Illness Outcomes, and Charles Dickens's Bleak House; 2. Spiritual Convalescence: Reading Against the Deathbed in Convalescent Devotionals and Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth; 3. Novel-Reading as Convalescence: Gender and Leisure in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone; 4. Convalescence and Mental Illness: Recuperability in Insane Asylums, the After-Care Association, and Samuel Butler's Erewhon; 5. Imperial Convalescence: Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, Convalescent Depots, and the Birth of Rehabilitation Medicine.