Documents the way medical discourse consolidates a Body susceptible to medical authority that is then represented in the works of Romantic era poets.
After surveying trends in Romantic-era Medicine and analyzing the body\'s treatment in key texts by Wordsworth and Joanna Baillie, the author moves quickly to his central subject - the Poet-Physician..
Documents the way medical discourse consolidates a Body susceptible to medical authority that is then represented in the works of Romantic era poets