Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel: Social Affection and Eighteenth-Century Medicine

Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel: Social Affection and Eighteenth-Century Medicine This book is a study of depictions of health and sickness in the early American novel, 1787-1808. These texts reveal a troubling tension between the impulse toward social affection that built cohesion in the nation and the pursuit of self-interest that was considered central to the emerging liberalism of the new Republic. Autor: Maureen Tuthill Wydawnictwo: Palgrave Macmillan Rok wydania: 2016 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 253 Wymiary: 17.3 x 22 x 2 cm Ilustracje: XIV, 253 p. Język: angielski ISBN: 9781137597144