Bedside seductions
Subtitle: nursing and the Victorian imagination, 1830-1880
By: Catherine Judd.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Nurses in literature.; Literature and medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Nurses -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Medical fiction -- History and criticism.; Social conflict in literature.; Social classes in literature.; Seduction in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
Description: During the Victorian era, the status and meaning of the nurse experienced remarkable and telling shifts. Bedside Seductions is the first book-length exploration into the significance of the nurse in mid-Victorian literary and social history.

By carefully sifting through legal, medical, and literary sources including novels, newspaper articles, and private letters, Catherine Judd reveals how the changing perceptions of the nurse during mid-Victorian times allow for fascinating insights into issues of class, gender, and race in this period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.