Starving by Numbers
This essay argues that Alton Locke (1850) by Charles Kingsley might be read as a response to a tension that emerged, in the nineteenth century, between the imperatives of political economy and medicine. The baggy, reference-laden nature of the novel offers a unique insight into the complex negoti...
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| Language: | English |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari
2015-12-01
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| Series: | English Literature |
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| Online Access: | http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/riviste/english-literature/2015/2/starving-by-numbers/ |