Medicine Is War : the Martial Metaphor in Victorian Literature and Culture /

Examines how literature mediated a convergence of militarism and medicine in Victorian culture that continues into the present via a widespread martial metaphor. Medicine is most often understood through the metaphor of war. We encounter phrases such as "the war against the coronavirus," &...

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Main Author: Servitje, Lorenzo, 1983-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2021.
Series:SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century.
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Online Access:CONNECT