Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth Century Literature: Invalid Lives

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Alex Tankard



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Until the nineteenth century, consumptives were depicted as sensitive, angelic beings whose purpose was to die beautifully and set an example of pious suffering – while, in reality, many people with tuberculosis faced unemployment, destitution, and an unlovely death in the workhouse.

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Forlag Springer International Publishing AG
Forfatter Alex Tankard
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgave Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Udgivelsesdato 04-06-2019
Første udgivelsesår 2019
Serie Literary Disability Studies
Illustrationer IX, 238 p.
Originalsprog Switzerland
Sideantal 238
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag Springer International Publishing AG
Sideoplysninger 238 pages, IX, 238 p.
Mål 210 x 148
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9783319890746