Frances Burney and the Doctors: Patient Narratives Then and Now

ISBN-13: 9781108476362 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 220 str.

John Wiltshire

Opis

This book advocates Frances Burney as the unconscious pioneer of the modern genre of pathograhy, or the illness narrative. It will appeal to readers with an interest in Frances Burney (both her writings and biographically), in medical history and literature, and in patient and carer narratives.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Note on short titles; Introduction; 1. Frances Burney's long and extraordinary life: 1752–1840; 2. The King, the court and 'madness': 1788–9; 3. Aftermath: 1789–91; 4. An inoculation for smallpox: 1797; 5. 'A mastectomy': 1811; 6. Fighting for life: 'the last illness and death of General D'Arblay': 1818; 7. 'Between hope, trust and truth'; 8. Across the centuries; Notes; Bibliography; Index.