Consumption and Literature: The Making of the Romantic Disease

Lawlor, C.

This book seeks to explain how consumption - a horrible disease - came to be the glamorous and artistic Romantic malady. It tries to explain the disparity between literary myth and bodily reality, by examining literature and medicine from the Renaissance to the late Victorian period, covering a wide range of authors and characters.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-10-31

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230020030

DOI: 10.1057/9780230625747

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 243