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Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press by Megan Coyer Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press investigates how periodicals cultivated innovative literary forms, ideologies and discourses that reflected and shaped medical culture of Romantic-era Scotland. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first major study of the relationship between Scottish Romanticism and medical cultureIn the early nineteenth century, Edinburgh was the leading centre of medical education and research in Britain. It also laid claim to a thriving periodical culture. Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press investigates how Romantic periodicals cultivated innovative literary forms, ideologies and discourses that reflected and shaped medical culture in the nineteenth century. It examines several medically-trained contributors to Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, the most influential literary periodical of the time, and draws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim these previously neglected medico-literary figures. Situating their work in relation to developments in medical and periodical culture, Megan Coyers book advances our understanding of how the nineteenth-century periodical press cross-fertilised medical and literary ideas. Key FeaturesDescribes a distinctive Scottish medical culture of the Romantic-era and its synergistic relationship with literary cultureAdvances our understanding of the medical content of key periodicals of the nineteenth centuryDraws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim several previously neglected medico-literary figuresExamines the ideological roots of nineteenth-century popular medical writingCase StudiesMedical Discourse and Ideology in the Edinburgh ReviewThe Tale of Terror and the Medico-PopularDelta: The Construction of a Nineteenth-Century Literary Surgeon Professionalisation and the Case of Samuel Warrens Passages from the Diary of a Late PhysicianThe Rise of Public Health in the Popular Periodical Press: The Political Medicine of W. P. Alison, Robert Gooch, and Robert Ferguson Back Cover This excellent book traces the emergence of medical humanism in the early nineteenth-century Scottish popular press. It is a model of scholarship, bringing into view a body of popular medical writing, distinctive in its Scottish identity and in its insistence that the oppositions of literature and science can be countered.Sharon Ruston, Chair in Romanticism, Lancaster UniversityThe first major study of the relationship between Scottish Romanticism and medical cultureIn the early nineteenth century, Edinburgh was the leading centre of medical education and research in Britain. It also laid claim to a thriving periodical culture. Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press investigates how Romantic periodicals cultivated innovative literary forms, ideologies and discourses that reflected and shaped medical culture in the nineteenth century. It examines several medically-trained contributors to Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, the most influential literary periodical of the time, and draws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim these previously neglected medico-literary figures. Situating their work in relation to developments in medical and periodical culture, Megan Coyers book advances our understanding of how the nineteenth-century periodical press cross-fertilised medical and literary ideas. Case Studies * Medical Discourse and Ideology in the Edinburgh Review* The Tale of Terror and the Medico-Popular* Delta: The Construction of a Nineteenth-Century Literary Surgeon * Professionalisation and the Case of Samuel Warrens Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician* The Rise of Public Health in the Popular Periodical Press: The Political Medicine of W. P. Alison, Robert Gooch and Robert FergusonMegan Coyer is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow and a grantee of the Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Medical Humanities. She is the co-editor, with David E. Shuttleton, of Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726?1832 (2014).Cover image: Cover design:[EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com [please note new web address]ISBN 978-1-4744-0560-7Barcode Flap This excellent book traces the emergence of medical humanism in the early nineteenth-century Scottish popular press. It is a model of scholarship, bringing into view a body of popular medical writing, distinctive in its Scottish identity and in its insistence that the oppositions of literature and science can be countered.Sharon Ruston, Chair in Romanticism, Lancaster UniversityThe first major study of the relationship between Scottish Romanticism and medical cultureIn the early nineteenth century, Edinburgh was the leading centre of medical education and research in Britain. It also laid claim to a thriving periodical culture. Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press investigates how Romantic periodicals cultivated innovative literary forms, ideologies and discourses that reflected and shaped medical culture in the nineteenth century. It examines several medically-trained contributors to Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, the most influential literary periodical of the time, and draws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim these previously neglected medico-literary figures. Situating their work in relation to developments in medical and periodical culture, Megan Coyers book advances our understanding of how the nineteenth-century periodical press cross-fertilised medical and literary ideas.Case Studies* Medical Discourse and Ideology in the Edinburgh Review* The Tale of Terror and the Medico-Popular* Delta: The Construction of a Nineteenth-Century Literary Surgeon* Professionalisation and the Case of Samuel Warrens Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician* The Rise of Public Health in the Popular Periodical Press: The Political Medicine of W. P. Alison, Robert Gooch and Robert FergusonMegan Coyer is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow and a grantee of the Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Medical Humanities. She is the co-editor, with David E. Shuttleton, of Scottish Medicine and Literary Culture, 1726−1832 (2014).Cover image:Cover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.com [please note new web address]ISBN 978-1-4744-0560-7Barcode Author Biography Megan Coyer is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow and held a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Medical Humanities from 2012-2016. She received her PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of Glasgow in 2010, and her first degree is a B.S. in Neuroscience from Lafayette College (Easton, PA USA). Table of Contents Introduction: Medicine and Blackwoodian Romanticism; 1. Medical Discourse and Ideology in the Edinburgh Review; 2. The Tale of Terror and the Medico-Popular; 3. Delta: The Construction of a Nineteenth-Century Literary Surgeon; 4. Professionalisation and the Case of Samuel Warrens Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician; 5. The Rise of Public Health in the Popular Periodical Press: The Political Medicine of W. P. Alison, Robert Gooch, and Robert Ferguson; Coda: Medical Humanism and Blackwoods Magazine at the Fin de Si Review Coyer provides very important new observations and interpretations that substantially broaden the understanding of the mutually constitutive interrelation between medicine and literature and that are by no means valid only for Blackwoods early-nineteenth-century Edinburgh.--Antje Dallmann, Humboldt University of Berlin "Centre for Medical Humanities, Durham University" Promotional The first major study of the relationship between Scottish Romanticism and medical culture Review Quote This excellent book traces the emergence of medical humanism in the early nineteenth-century Scottish popular press. It is a model of scholarship, bringing into view a body of popular medical writing, distinctive in its Scottish identity and in its insistence that the oppositions of literature and science can be countered. Promotional "Headline" The first major study of the relationship between Scottish Romanticism and medical culture Description for Reader The first major study of the relationship between Scottish Romanticism and medical culture In the early nineteenth century, Edinburgh was the leading centre of medical education and research in Britain. It also laid claim to a thriving periodical culture. Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press investigates how Romantic periodicals cultivated innovative literary forms, ideologies and discourses that reflected and shaped medical culture in the nineteenth century. It examines several medically-trained contributors to Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine , the most influential literary periodical of the time, and draws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim these previously neglected medico-literary figures. Situating their work in relation to developments in medical and periodical culture, Megan Coyers book advances our understanding of how the nineteenth-century periodical press cross-fertilised medical and literary ideas. Key Features Describes a distinctive Scottish medical culture of the Romantic-era and its synergistic relationship with literary culture Advances our understanding of the medical content of key periodicals of the nineteenth century Draws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim several previously neglected medico-literary figures Examines the ideological roots of nineteenth-century popular medical writing Feature Case Studies Medical Discourse and Ideology in the Edinburgh Review The Tale of Terror and the Medico-Popular Delta: The Construction of a Nineteenth-Century Literary Surgeon Professionalisation and the Case of Samuel Warrens Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician The Rise of Public Health in the Popular Periodical Press: The Political Medicine of W. P. Alison, Robert Gooch, and Robert Ferguson Key Features Describes a distinctive Scottish medical culture of the Romantic-era and its synergistic relationship with literary culture Advances our understanding of the medical content of key periodicals of the nineteenth century Draws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim several previously neglected medico-literary figures Examines the ideological roots of nineteenth-century popular medical writing Description for Sales People Describes a distinctive Scottish medical culture of the Romantic-era and its synergistic relationship with literary culture Advances our understanding of the medical content of key periodicals of the nineteenth century Draws upon extensive archival and bibliographical research to reclaim several previously neglected medico-literary figures Examines the ideological roots of nineteenth-century popular medical writing Description for Teachers/Educators Undergraduate and postgraduate students of Romanticism, Literature and Medicine, the Medical Humanities, Scottish Literature, the Scottish Enlightenment, Nineteenth-Century Literature, the History of Medicine, and Popular Print Culture Details ISBN1474431623 Publisher Edinburgh University Press ISBN-10 1474431623 ISBN-13 9781474431620 Format Paperback Media Book Author Megan Coyer Pages 256 Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-02-28 Short Title Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press Language English UK Release Date 2018-02-28 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2018-02-28 Edited by Johanna Spanke Birth 1954 Death 1835 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Series Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism Subtitle BlackwoodS Edinburgh Magazine, 1817-1858 DEWEY 820.935610941109034 Audience General AU Release Date 2018-05-31 Alternative 9781474405607 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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