Broschiertes Buch

Myth and (Mis)Information

Constructing the Medical Professions in Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century English Literature and Culture

Herausgeber: Ingram, Allan; Lawlor, Clark; Williams, Helen

Beschreibung

This book discusses the various cultural forms and literary works by which information, myth and misinformation on medical practices and personages were spread during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and some of the reasons for this, from authorial self-interest to scientific ignorance.

Autor

Allan Ingram is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Northumbria Clark Lawlor is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at the University of Northumbria Helen Williams is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Northumbria

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781526195425
• ISBN-10: 1526195429
• Artikelnr.: 74783851