Invalid women : figuring feminine illness in American fiction and culture, 1840-1940

Invalid women : figuring feminine illness in American fiction and culture, 1840-1940 / by Diane Price Herndl.

Author/creator	Price Herndl, Diane, 1959-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1993.
Description	xv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	American fiction--19th century --History and criticism. Women and literature--United States --History --19th century. Women and literature--United States --History --20th century. American fiction--20th century --History and criticism. Women with disabilities--United States --History. Women with disabilities in literature. Invalids in literature. Diseases in literature. Sick in literature. Medicine in Literature--United States. Literature, Modern--history --United States. Women--history --United States. Women's Health--history --United States. History of Medicine. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century.

Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-261) and index.
LCCN	92021433
ISBN	0807821039 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0807844063 (pbk. : alk. paper)