Title Malady and mortality : illness, disease and death in literary and visual culture / edited by Helen Thomas

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 333 pages) Summary This ground-breaking study examines visual and literary responses to, and representations of, illness, dying and death from the perspective of the chronically ill, their families and carers, medics, artists, photographers, authors, and academics. It encourages a re-examination of cultural taboos and visual and literary practices that engage with illness and death. Focusing upon a wide range of creative and critical engagements, this book makes a significant contribution to the medical humanities via its exploration of medical practice, literature and film, digital media studies, graphic design Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Diseases in literature. Medicine in literature. Death -- Psychological aspects. Health attitudes. Medicine in Literature Medicine in the Arts Pictorial Works as Topic Attitude to Death Attitude to Health BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. Medicine in literature Health attitudes Death -- Psychological aspects Diseases in literature Krankheit Motiv Kunst Literatur Tod Motiv Trauer Motiv Form Electronic book Author Thomas, Helen, 1966- editor ISBN 9781443896559 1443896551

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