In Quest of a Cure
by Sally (University of Oxford) Shuttleworth
Title:
In Quest of a Cure
Author:
Sally (University of Oxford) Shuttleworth
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
528 pages, 17 colour and 39 black-and-white illustrations
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13:
9780198972440
EAN:
9780198972440
Publication Date:
26/02/2026
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
1126
Dimensions (mm):
240 x 164 x 30
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£36.00
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Description
In Quest of a Cure explores the literary and medical cultures of European health resorts in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Sally Shuttleworth analyses the lives and writings of literary invalids such Robert Louis Stevenson, Katherine Mansfield, Henry James, and Beatrice Harraden.
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