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OverviewThe Science of Starving in Victorian Literature, Medicine, and Political Economy is a reassessment of the languages and methodologies used, throughout the nineteenth century, for discussing extreme hunger in Britain. Set against the providentialism of conservative political economy, this study uncovers an emerging, dynamic way of describing literal starvation in medicine and physiology. No longer seen as a divine punishment for individual failings, starvation became, in the human sciences, a pathology whose horrific symptoms registered failings of state and statute. Providing new and historically-rich readings of the works of Charles Kingsley, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Charles Dickens, this book suggests that the realism we have come to associate with Victorian social problem fiction learned a vast amount from the empirical, materialist objectives of the medical sciences and that, within the mechanics of these intersections, we find important re-examinations of how we might think about this ongoing humanitarian issue. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Mangham (Professor of Victorian Literature and Medical Humanities, University of Reading)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.484kg ISBN: 9780198850038ISBN 10: 0198850034 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 29 April 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Starvation Science and Political Economy 2: Charles Kingsley 'The Symbolism and Dignity of Matter' 3: Elizabeth Gaskell: 'Clemming' Charles Dickens: 'Nothink and Starwation' ConclusionReviewsMangham does a good job of blending the works of these writers with Victorian understandings of the human body and the economic impact of starvation. The book is clear and well written... * A. White, Grand Valley State University, CHOICE * Author InformationAndrew Mangham is Professor of Victorian Literature and Medical Humanities at the University of Reading. His books on the intersection between medicine and literature include Dickens's Forensic Realism (2017) and Violent Women and Sensation Fiction (2007). He is editor of Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (2020) and The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction (2013). He has also co-edited, with Daniel Lea, The Male Body in Medicine and Literature (2018) and, with Greta Depledge, The Female Body in Medicine and Literature (2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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