Writing pain in the nineteenth-century United States /

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This text examines how pain is represented in a range of literary texts and genres from the nineteenth-century United States. It considers the aesthetic, philosophical, and ethical implications of pain as the national culture of pain progressively transformed in the wake of the invention of anesthes...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Constantinesco, Thomas
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This text examines how pain is represented in a range of literary texts and genres from the nineteenth-century United States. It considers the aesthetic, philosophical, and ethical implications of pain as the national culture of pain progressively transformed in the wake of the invention of anesthesia.
Umfang:
1 online resource (277 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-266812-9
0-19-266811-0
0-19-194609-5
Schlagworte:
1800-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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