The cultural and narrative significance of illness, nursing and the sickroom in Victorian literature.

This book takes an exciting new approach to characterisation and plot in the Victorian novel, examining the vital narrative work performed by disabled character

In this broad-ranging study of German fiction by women between 1770-1914, the author aims to add a new dimension to existing debates on the association of women

If nineteenth-century Britain witnessed the rise of medical professionalism, it also witnessed rampant quackery. It is tempting to categorize historical practic