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The Rich Man and the Diseased Poor in Early Victorian Literature

The Rich Man and the Diseased Poor in Early Victorian Literature

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First edition. This book uncovers the relationship between the fiction and the medical and socio-political discourse of early Victorian England. Uses the works of well-known authors such as Carlyle, Kingsley, and Dickens, as well as medical reports, sanitary tracts, and social commentary to discuss the wide disparity in the level of health between the rich and the poor. Illustrated. xi+ i , 152 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..

Keywords

English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.Diseases in literature.

1987Book

Author(s)A. Susan Williams

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN9780333384732

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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