This book advocates Frances Burney as the unconscious pioneer of the modern genre of pathograhy, or the illness narrative. It will appeal to readers with an interest in Frances Burney (both her writings and biographically), in medical history and literature, and in patient and carer narratives.
This book advocates Frances Burney as the unconscious pioneer of the modern genre of pathograhy, or the illness narrative. It will appeal to readers with an interest in Frances Burney (both her writings and biographically), in medical history and literature, and in patient and carer narratives.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Wiltshire is Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Victoria. He specialises in later eighteenth-century literature and is the author of among other books Samuel Johnson in the Medical World: The Doctor and the Patient (Cambridge, 1991), Jane Austen and the Body: The Picture of Health (Cambridge, 1992) and The Hidden Jane Austen (Cambridge, 2014).
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Acknowledgements Note on short titles Introduction 1. Frances Burney's long and extraordinary life: 1752-1840 2. The King, the court and 'madness': 1788-9 3. Aftermath: 1789-91 4. An inoculation for smallpox: 1797 5. 'A mastectomy': 1811 6. Fighting for life: 'the last illness and death of General D'Arblay': 1818 7. 'Between hope, trust and truth' 8. Across the centuries Notes Bibliography Index.
Acknowledgements Note on short titles Introduction 1. Frances Burney's long and extraordinary life: 1752-1840 2. The King, the court and 'madness': 1788-9 3. Aftermath: 1789-91 4. An inoculation for smallpox: 1797 5. 'A mastectomy': 1811 6. Fighting for life: 'the last illness and death of General D'Arblay': 1818 7. 'Between hope, trust and truth' 8. Across the centuries Notes Bibliography Index.
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