Author: Hannah Gardner Creamer
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252028076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This early feminist novel is a wickedly funny slice of mid-nineteenth-century Americana peppered with details of the era's freakish medical tactics and leavened with a smart and sassy commentary about the societal restraints on women's physical and intellectual abilities. First published in 1852, Delia's Doctors is one of four known novels by Hannah Gardner Creamer, an American writer whose life and career have been all but absent from the annals of American history. In the book, eighteen-year-old Delia Thornton is ill. Her condition, more psychological than physical, worsens during the bitter winter, even as doctor after doctor attempts to cure her. As Delia typifies the female heroine whose sickness is aggravated by listlessness and inactivity, her brother's financee Adelaide Wilmot, is Delia's more robust counterpart. Adelaide thinks she could do anything, if only she were a man, and she dreams of being a physician. Quick to point out the shortcomings of male doctors in treating female illnesses, Adelaide saves Delia and delivers a series of arguments against New England patriarchy. Nina Baym's introduction provides historical context and discusses the book's feminist perspectives.
Delia's Doctors; Or, A Glance Behind the Scenes
Author: Hannah Gardner Creamer
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252028076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This early feminist novel is a wickedly funny slice of mid-nineteenth-century Americana peppered with details of the era's freakish medical tactics and leavened with a smart and sassy commentary about the societal restraints on women's physical and intellectual abilities. First published in 1852, Delia's Doctors is one of four known novels by Hannah Gardner Creamer, an American writer whose life and career have been all but absent from the annals of American history. In the book, eighteen-year-old Delia Thornton is ill. Her condition, more psychological than physical, worsens during the bitter winter, even as doctor after doctor attempts to cure her. As Delia typifies the female heroine whose sickness is aggravated by listlessness and inactivity, her brother's financee Adelaide Wilmot, is Delia's more robust counterpart. Adelaide thinks she could do anything, if only she were a man, and she dreams of being a physician. Quick to point out the shortcomings of male doctors in treating female illnesses, Adelaide saves Delia and delivers a series of arguments against New England patriarchy. Nina Baym's introduction provides historical context and discusses the book's feminist perspectives.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252028076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This early feminist novel is a wickedly funny slice of mid-nineteenth-century Americana peppered with details of the era's freakish medical tactics and leavened with a smart and sassy commentary about the societal restraints on women's physical and intellectual abilities. First published in 1852, Delia's Doctors is one of four known novels by Hannah Gardner Creamer, an American writer whose life and career have been all but absent from the annals of American history. In the book, eighteen-year-old Delia Thornton is ill. Her condition, more psychological than physical, worsens during the bitter winter, even as doctor after doctor attempts to cure her. As Delia typifies the female heroine whose sickness is aggravated by listlessness and inactivity, her brother's financee Adelaide Wilmot, is Delia's more robust counterpart. Adelaide thinks she could do anything, if only she were a man, and she dreams of being a physician. Quick to point out the shortcomings of male doctors in treating female illnesses, Adelaide saves Delia and delivers a series of arguments against New England patriarchy. Nina Baym's introduction provides historical context and discusses the book's feminist perspectives.
Delia's Doctors
Author: Hannah Gardner Creamer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Depression in women
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Depression in women
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Delia's Doctors
Author: Hannah Gardner Creamer
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331967418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Excerpt from Delia's Doctors: Or, a Glance Behind the Scenes You are welcome. We are all as dull as Delia, who has been talking of death, as if that were an idea for young people. Ella, Ella, remonstrated Mrs. Thornton, when will you remember what I have so often told you that the young die as well as the old 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331967418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Excerpt from Delia's Doctors: Or, a Glance Behind the Scenes You are welcome. We are all as dull as Delia, who has been talking of death, as if that were an idea for young people. Ella, Ella, remonstrated Mrs. Thornton, when will you remember what I have so often told you that the young die as well as the old 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Delia's Doctors Or a Glance Behind the Scenes - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: Hannah Gardner Creamer
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ISBN: 9781296103613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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ISBN: 9781296103613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Delia's Doctors; Or, A Glance Behind the Scenes
Author: Hannah Gardner Creamer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Depression in women
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Depression in women
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Philadelphia's Cultural Landscape
Author: Katharine Martinez
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781566397919
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
In their day, from 1830 to 1930, the Sartain family of Philadelphia were widely admired as printmakers, painters, art administrators and educators. This collection of essays examines their achievements of three generations of Sartains, from John to his granddaughter Harriet.
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 9781566397919
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
In their day, from 1830 to 1930, the Sartain family of Philadelphia were widely admired as printmakers, painters, art administrators and educators. This collection of essays examines their achievements of three generations of Sartains, from John to his granddaughter Harriet.
The American Phrenological Journal and Repository of Science, Literature and General Intelligence
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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The Hydropathic family physician
Author: Joel Shew
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrotherapy
Languages : en
Pages : 934
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrotherapy
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Student and Family Miscellany
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Christian Parlor Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description