 | Profound Science and Elegant Literature: Imagining Doctors in Nineteenth-Century America Subjects: American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Physicians in literature; Literature and medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Medical fiction American -- H; By the latter part of the nineteenth century, the physician had supplanted the clergyman as the nation's most esteemed professional, as the body had seemingly replaced the soul as a person's most prized possession. Stephanie Browner looks at this era of change. Stephanie Browner is Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of English at Berea College. She is coauthor of Literature and the Internet: A Guide for Students, Teachers, and Scholars (with Stephen Pulsford and Richard Sears). |
