Books

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Rhyming reason Rhyming reason Michelle Faubert During the Romantic era, psychology and literature enjoyed a fluid relationship. Faubert focuses on a hitherto little -known group of psychologist-poets who grew out of the liberal literary-medical c… OL12642887W
Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 Tristanne J. Connolly,Clark, S. H. "During the eighteenth century medicine became an autonomous discipline and practice. Surgeons justified themselves as skilled practitioners and set themselves apart from the unspecialized, hack 'bar… OL16939783W
Don't Call Us Dead Don't Call Us Dead Danez Smith Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an a… OL19636242W
Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726-1832 Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726-1832 David E. Shuttleton Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726?1832 examines the ramifications of Scottish medicine for literary culture within Scotland, throughout Britain, and across the transatlantic world. The con… OL20932776W
Madhouse of Language Madhouse of Language Allan Ingram In The Madhouse of Language, the history of writing about madness is seen in terms of a suppression of mad language by an increasingly confident medical profession, in which orthodox attitudes toward… OL4081013W