Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
- Authors
- The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgement
- Chronology
- References and abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sensation fiction in the 1850s
- 3 Sensation fiction and the gothic
- 4 Illustrating the sensation novel
- 5 Sensation fiction on stage
- 6 Queering the sensation novel
- 7 The contemporary response to sensation fiction
- 8 Sensation, class and the rising professionals
- 9 Sensation fiction, empire and the Indian mutiny
- 10 Sensation fiction, genderand identity
- 11 Sensation fiction, spiritualismand the supernatural
- 12 Science and sensation
- 13 Sensation fiction and the publishing industry
- 14 Sensation fiction and the medical context
- 15 Sensation fiction and the New Woman
- 16 The sensation legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
14 - Sensation fiction and the medical context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2013
- The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
- Authors
- The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgement
- Chronology
- References and abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sensation fiction in the 1850s
- 3 Sensation fiction and the gothic
- 4 Illustrating the sensation novel
- 5 Sensation fiction on stage
- 6 Queering the sensation novel
- 7 The contemporary response to sensation fiction
- 8 Sensation, class and the rising professionals
- 9 Sensation fiction, empire and the Indian mutiny
- 10 Sensation fiction, genderand identity
- 11 Sensation fiction, spiritualismand the supernatural
- 12 Science and sensation
- 13 Sensation fiction and the publishing industry
- 14 Sensation fiction and the medical context
- 15 Sensation fiction and the New Woman
- 16 The sensation legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
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- Chapter
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- The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction , pp. 182 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013