Disease, desire, and the body in Victorian women's popular novels
By: Pamela K. Gilbert.
Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;; 11
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Women -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Diseases and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Popular literature -- Great Britain -- History and criticism; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Medical fiction -- History and criticism; Sensationalism in literature; Body, Human, in literature; Diseases in literature; Desire in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-205) and index.