Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth Century Literature: Invalid Lives - Literary Disability Studies - Alex Tankard - Books - Springer International Publishing AG - 9783319714455 - February 15, 2018
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Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth Century Literature: Invalid Lives - Literary Disability Studies 1st ed. 2018 edition


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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.


238 pages, IX, 238 p.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 15, 2018
ISBN13 9783319714455
Publishers Springer International Publishing AG
Pages 238
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   449 g
Language German  

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