Jessica Duffin Wolfe

The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Literature and Illness

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Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Literature and Illness considers the key literary and historical frameworks for reading stories about sickness.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Introductions to Canadian Literature
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 229mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781032374017
• ISBN-10: 1032374012
• Artikelnr.: 72653786

Autorenporträt

Jessica Duffin Wolfe is Professor of Media, Creative Arts, and Design at Humber College. She holds a PhD in English, Book History and Print Culture from the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Narrative Uses of Illness in Canada
Chapter One: Prevailing Disorder: Epidemics and Infectious Diseases
Chapter Two: Disastrous Injury and the Recuperation of History in
Postmodern Novels
Chapter Three: Mental Affliction, Autobiography, and the Literary History
of Assisted Death
Chapter Four: Reproductive Trouble: Maternal Health and Houses in Iconic
Fiction
Chapter Five: Decolonization as Cure: Hospitals, Illness, and Healing in
Contemporary Indigenous Novels
Conclusion: Illness as Genre