Healing the Republic: The Language of Health and the Culture of Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century America

by Joan Burbick

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In this study Joan Burbick interprets nineteenth-century narratives of health written by physicians, social reformers, lay healers and literary artists in order to expose the conflicts underlying the creation of a national culture in America. These 'fictions' of health include annual reports of mental asylums, home-physician manuals, social reform books and novels consumed by the middle class that functioned as cautionary tales of well-being. Read...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521106737

ISBN13:9780521106733

Release Date:April 2009

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

American Literature Americas Criticism & Theory England Europe History History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Politics & Social Sciences

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