Invalidism and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Britain
- Contents

Introduction
1. "All My Afflictions": Invalids and Authority in Nineteenth-Century Britain
2. "Beyond Hope, Help, or Remedy": Confession, Cure, and the Hypochondriac’s Narrative
3. "In Search of Health": Invalids Abroad
4. "Sin-Sick Souls": Christian Invalids and the Literature of Consolation
5. "The Range of Our Vision": Self, Surveillance, and Life in the Sickroom
Afterword: Centers, Margins, and Vanishing Points: Locating Invalidism in the Nineteenth Century
Works Cited
Index
History: British and Irish History
Literature and Literary Criticism: British and Irish Literature
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