More Than Death: Fear of Illness in American Literature 1775-1876

More Than Death: Fear of Illness in American Literature 1775-1876

This dissertation argues that eighteenth- and nineteenth-century narratives about personal and collective experiences with disease train American readers to fear illness while warning them against the dangers of being afraid. Such narratives depict the way illness ravages the physical body, disrupts...

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Main Author: Schuetze, Sarah
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2015
Subjects:
AMERICAN LITERATURE
FEAR OF ILLNESS
DISEASE NARRATIVE
DISEASE ARCHIVE
DISABILITY STUDIES
American Literature
English Language and Literature
Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/18
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=english_etds

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