Curative Illnesses Medico-National Allegory in Québécois Fiction

Robert, J

Curative Illnesses Medico-National Allegory in Québécois Fiction

Robert, J

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Publisher:: McGill Queens University Press
Publication Type:: Book
Citation:: 2016, pp. 1 - 252
Issue Date:: 2016-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Robert, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6852-2137	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2016, pp. 1 - 252	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0773547053	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780773547056	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/94546
dc.description.abstract	During a time of uncertainty over collective identity and social transformation, Quebec novels started getting sick - after 1940, the number of narratives about illness, disease, and sick characters intensified. For the last seventy years, generations of authors have turned to medically oriented stories to represent day to day life and political turmoil. In Curative Illnesses, Julie Robert investigates how the theme of sickness is woven into literature and gauges its effect on depictions of Quebec’s national identity.	en_US
dc.publisher	McGill Queens University Press	en_US
dc.title	Curative Illnesses Medico-National Allegory in Québécois Fiction	en_US
dc.type	Book
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Abstract:

During a time of uncertainty over collective identity and social transformation, Quebec novels started getting sick - after 1940, the number of narratives about illness, disease, and sick characters intensified. For the last seventy years, generations of authors have turned to medically oriented stories to represent day to day life and political turmoil. In Curative Illnesses, Julie Robert investigates how the theme of sickness is woven into literature and gauges its effect on depictions of Quebec’s national identity.

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