{"product_id":"reading-for-health-medical-narratives-and-the-nineteenth-century-novel-hardcover","title":"Reading for Health: Medical Narratives and the Nineteenth-Century Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErika Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReading for Health: Medical Narratives and the Nineteenth-Century Novel, \u003c\/i\u003e Erika Wright argues that the emphasis in Victorian Studies on disease as the primary source of narrative conflict that must be resolved has obscured the complex reading practices that emerge around the concept of health. By shifting attention to the ways that prevention of illness and the preservation of well-being operate in fiction, both thematically and structurally, Wright offers a new approach to reading character and voice, order and temporality, setting and metaphor. As Wright reveals, while canonical works by Austen, Brontë, Dickens, Martineau, and Gaskell register the pervasiveness of a conventional \"therapeutic\" form of action and mode of reading, they demonstrate as well an equally powerful investment in the achievement and maintenance of \"health\"-what Wright refers to as a \"hygienic\" narrative-both in personal and domestic conduct and in social interaction of the individual within the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of clinical medical education at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, associate director of USC's HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) and Narrative Medicine master's programs, and a lecturer in USC's University Park Campus English department.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239353741586,"sku":"9780821422243","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/NFJrL1Z2VkdvTUdFaVQ3Y2lNWWllUT09.webp?v=1777876033","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/reading-for-health-medical-narratives-and-the-nineteenth-century-novel-hardcover","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}