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Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel: Social Affection and Eighteenth-Century Medicine
Maureen Tuthill
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Description for Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel: Social Affection and Eighteenth-Century Medicine
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; HBTB; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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. Good health is depicted as an extremely positive social value, almost an a priori condition of membership in the community. Characters who have the glow of health tend to enjoy wealth and prestige; those who become sick are burdened by poverty and debt or have made ... Read more
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. Good health is depicted as an extremely positive social value, almost an a priori condition of membership in the community. Characters who have the glow of health tend to enjoy wealth and prestige; those who become sick are burdened by poverty and debt or have made ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Condition
New
Weight
475g
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137597144
SKU
V9781137597144
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About Maureen Tuthill
Maureen Tuthill is Associate Professor of English and A.P. Green Endowed Fellow in English at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, USA. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Literature of the Early American Republic, and Early American Literature.
Reviews for Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel: Social Affection and Eighteenth-Century Medicine
Maureen Tuthill's fascinating book demonstrates how American assumptions about healthcare have their roots in the eighteenth century and, in particular, the two decades following the USA's founding. ... Health and Sickness in the Early American Novel is deeply researched, tightly structured and consistently well argued. ... The book makes thought-provoking and sobering reading ... . (Rowland Hughes, The British ... Read more