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The representation of bodily pain in late nineteenth-century English culture /

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This is a study of the ways in which concepts of pain were treated across a broad range of late-Victorian writing. The book places literary texts alongside sermons, medical books and campaigning leaflets.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bending, Lucy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Pain in literature.
Pain > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Human body in literature.
Pain
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Douleur dans la littérature.
Douleur > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
18.05 English literature.
English literature
Human body in literature
Pain in literature
Great Britain
Englisch
Kultur
Literatur
Schmerz
Großbritannien
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Pijn.
Geschichte 1860-1902.
Englisch.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This is a study of the ways in which concepts of pain were treated across a broad range of late-Victorian writing. The book places literary texts alongside sermons, medical books and campaigning leaflets.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 309 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-298) and index.
ISBN:9780191674648
0191674648