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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"""Accessory Invalids"" and the ""Central Figure"": Illness in the Works of Henry James"
Abstract
dc:descriptionHenry James portrayed a great deal of illness in his fiction, and his portrayal shows his recognition of the illnesses of the day, as well as the medical theories of the day. James's presentation of nervous illnesses, febrile illness, tuberculosis, and insanity all conform to theories that contemporary physicians believed in and treated their patients by. James consciously uses illness to delineate character, create plots, and make social commentary.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Freier, Mary Patricia
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8422064
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69434