Reading the Brontë Body : Disease, Desire, and the Constraints of Culture /

Anne, Emily, and Charlotte Brontë's literary representations of illness and disease reflect the major role illness played in the lives of the Victorians and its frequent reoccurrence within the Brontës' personal lives. An in-depth analysis of the history of nineteenth-century medicine prov...

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Main Author:	Torgerson, Beth (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. British and Irish Literature. Fiction. Gender Studies. Literature, general. Nineteenth-Century Literature. British literature. Gender expression. Gender identity. Literature, Modern > 19th century. Literature. Sex (Psychology) Social sciences. Sociology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book