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Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth Century Literature: Invalid Lives - Literary Disability Studies Alex Tankard 1st ed. 2018 edition
Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth Century Literature: Invalid Lives - Literary Disability Studies
Alex Tankard
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 |