Erotic Susceptibility and Tuberculosis: Literary Images of a Pathology

Erotic Susceptibility and Tuberculosis: Literary Images of a Pathology

In the first two-thirds of the 19th century Tuberculosis (TB) got a lot of attention from writers of belles-lettres. Many belletrists, Thomas Mann in particular, looked on disease and death as sources of art and beauty.

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Veröffentlicht in:MLN 1990-12, Vol.105 (5), p.1016-1031
1. Verfasser: Latimer, Dan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Blood
Comparative literature
Disorders
Disruptive innovation
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Fever
History and sciences of litterature
Literary criticism
Literary themes, symbols and myths
Love
Mann, Thomas
Mental illness
Mortality
Pathology
Sciences of litterature
Tuberculosis
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Zusammenfassung:In the first two-thirds of the 19th century Tuberculosis (TB) got a lot of attention from writers of belles-lettres. Many belletrists, Thomas Mann in particular, looked on disease and death as sources of art and beauty.
ISSN:0026-7910
1080-6598
DOI:10.2307/2905165