Murky Waters: British Spas in Eighteenth-Century Medicine and Literature

Murky Waters: British Spas in Eighteenth-Century Medicine and Literature Vasset Sophie Wydawca: Manchester University Press Data wydania: 2022 ISBN: 9781526159717 Liczba stron: 304 Format: 147 x 222 x 30 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Murky waters explores the ambivalent representations of spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature. It gives a wide cultural perspective of the numerous spas, springs and wells of Britain, well beyond Bath, and focuses on specific political and cultural tensions while reasserting the centrality of health in spa towns. -- .