Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth Century Literature Invalid Lives /

Until the nineteenth century, consumptives were depicted as sensitive, angelic beings whose purpose was to die beautifully and set an example of pious suffering - while, in reality, many people with tuberculosis faced unemployment, destitution, and an unlovely death in the workhouse. Focusing on the...

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Main Author:	Tankard, Alex (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:	1st ed. 2018.
Series:	Literary Disability Studies
Subjects:	Literature, Modern-19th century.
ISBN:	9783319714462
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