Publisher description for Bedside seductions : nursing and the Victorian imagination, 1830-1880 / Catherine Judd.
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During the Victorian era, the status and the meaning of the nurse experienced remarkable and telling shifts. Bedside Seductions is the first book-length exploration into the significance of the nurse in mid-Victorian literary and social history.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: English fiction 19th century History and criticism, Nurses in literature, Literature and medicine Great Britain History 19th century, Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century, Nurses Great Britain History 19th century, Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901, Medical fiction History and criticism, Social conflict in literature, Social classes in literature, Seduction in literature, Sex role in literature