Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel Social Affection and
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 wa
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Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel Social Affection and EighteenthCentury Medicine
MAUREEN TUTHILL
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Series Editors Sharon Ruston Lancaster University Lancaster, United Kingdom Alice Jenkins University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom Catherine Belling Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois, USA
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine is an exciting new series that focuses on one of the most vibrant and interdisciplinary areas in literary studies: the intersection of literature, science and medicine. Comprised of academic monographs, essay collections, and Palgrave Pivot books, the series will emphasize a historical approach to its subjects, in conjunction with a range of other theoretical approaches. The series will cover all aspects of this rich and varied field and is open to new and emerging topics as well as established ones. Editorial board: Steven Connor, Professor of English, University of Cambridge, UK; Lisa Diedrich, Associate Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, USA; Kate Hayles, Professor of English, Duke University, USA; Peter Middleton, Professor of English, University of Southampton, UK; Sally Shuttleworth, Professorial Fellow in English, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, UK; Susan Squier, Professor of Women’s Studies and English, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Martin Willis, Professor of English, University of Westminster, UK.
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Maureen Tuthill
Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel Social Affection and Eighteenth-Century Medicine
Maureen Tuthill English Department Westminster College Fulton, Missouri, USA
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine ISBN 978-1-137-59714-4 ISBN 978-1-137-59715-1 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59715-1
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