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- catalog abstract ""Believing herself to be suffering from incurable condition, Harriet Martineau wrote Life in the Sick-Room in 1844. In this work, which is both memoir and treatise, Martineau seeks to educate the healthy and ill alike on the spiritual and psychological dimensions of chronic suffering. Covering such topics are "Sympathy to the Invalid," "Temper," and "Becoming Inured," the work occupies a crucial place in the culture of invalidism that prospered in Victorian England." "This Broadview edition also includes: medical documents pertaining to Martineau's case; other writings on health by Martineau; excerpts from her other autobiographical writings; selected correspondence with Florence Nightingale; excerpts from contemporary works of sick-room literature; and reviews."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12780782.
- catalog contributor b12780783.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Believing herself to be suffering from incurable condition, Harriet Martineau wrote Life in the Sick-Room in 1844. In this work, which is both memoir and treatise, Martineau seeks to educate the healthy and ill alike on the spiritual and psychological dimensions of chronic suffering. Covering such topics are "Sympathy to the Invalid," "Temper," and "Becoming Inured," the work occupies a crucial place in the culture of invalidism that prospered in Victorian England." "This Broadview edition also includes: medical documents pertaining to Martineau's case; other writings on health by Martineau; excerpts from her other autobiographical writings; selected correspondence with Florence Nightingale; excerpts from contemporary works of sick-room literature; and reviews."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260).".
- catalog extent "260 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1551112655 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Broadview literary texts".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "823/.8 22".
- catalog subject "Authors, English 19th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Feminists Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Invalides Morale pratique.".
- catalog subject "Invalids in literature.".
- catalog subject "Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Health.".
- catalog subject "Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Knowledge Medicine.".
- catalog subject "PR4984.M5 Z468 2003".
- catalog subject "Social reformers Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog title "Life in the sick-room / Harriet Martineau ; edited by Maria H. Frawley.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".