Title Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 / edited by Tristanne Connolly and Steve Clark

Published London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 317 pages) : illustrations Series The Enlightenment world : political and intellectual history of the long eighteenth century ; no. 10 Enlightenment world ; no. 10. Contents Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- List of figures -- Introduction -- 1. Liberation and consumption -- 2. Freedom, health, and hypochondria in Ignatius Sancho's letters -- 3. 'Uncle-Tommery' -- 4. 'Due preparations' -- 5. An organic body politic -- 6. Blake, liberation and medicine -- 7. Untying the web of Urizen -- 8. 'In sickness, despair, and in agony' -- 9. Disembodied souls and exemplary narratives -- 10. Idiotic associations -- 11. Authority and imposture -- 12. George Stubb's dissection of the horse and the expressiveness of 'facsimiles' -- 13. In submission -- 14. The surprising success of Dr Armstrong Summary A collection of sixteen essays that focus on meanings within eighteenth century medical narratives Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index Notes Print version record Subject Literature and medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Enlightenment -- Great Britain Medicine in literature. Literature and medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Medicine -- History -- 18th century. Medicine in Literature History, 18th Century History, 19th Century Social Conditions -- history LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Medicine English literature Enlightenment Literature and medicine Medicine in literature SUBJECT United Kingdom Subject Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Connolly, Tristanne J., 1970- Clark, S. H. (Steven H.), 1957- ISBN 9781851966929 1851966927 9781315653457 1315653451

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