The health humanities and Camus's The plague
"Albert Camus's The Plague (1947) is widely regarded as a classic of twentieth-century fiction and a touchstone for the field of literature and medicine. Nash's edited collection of essays explores how The Plague illuminates important themes, ideas, dilemmas, and roles in modern medic...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Kent, Ohio
The Kent State University Press
[2019]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Literature and medicine
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Albert Camus's The Plague (1947) is widely regarded as a classic of twentieth-century fiction and a touchstone for the field of literature and medicine. Nash's edited collection of essays explores how The Plague illuminates important themes, ideas, dilemmas, and roles in modern medicine, helping readers--and particularly medical students and practitioners--see the value in Camus's novel. The essays represent various disciplinary and personal perspectives; the introduction presents the overarching theme of 'transmission' that holds the book together"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | vi, 194 Seiten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781606353226 |