Literature and Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Britain From Mary Shelley to George Eliot |
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| Author:
| Caldwell, Janis McLarren |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-06667-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $46.99 |
Book Description:
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The discipline of clinical medicine and the natural and supernatural obsessions of Romantic literature emerged out of the same cultural configurations. Janis Caldwell investigates the links between the growing scientific materialism of the nineteenth century and the persistence of the Romantic literary imagination. Through close analysis of literary texts from Frankenstein to Middlemarch, and examining fiction alongside biomedical lectures, textbooks and articles, Caldwell argues that...
More DescriptionThe discipline of clinical medicine and the natural and supernatural obsessions of Romantic literature emerged out of the same cultural configurations. Janis Caldwell investigates the links between the growing scientific materialism of the nineteenth century and the persistence of the Romantic literary imagination. Through close analysis of literary texts from Frankenstein to Middlemarch, and examining fiction alongside biomedical lectures, textbooks and articles, Caldwell argues that the way 'Romantic materialism' influenced these disciplines compels us to revise conventional accounts of the relationship between literature and medicine.