Le Pouvoir du medecin au XIXe siecle

edited by Michela Landi and Florence Fix

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Extent: 259 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: French Studies, Literary Studies, Nineteenth-Century Studies

Series: Carrefour des lettres modernes

Series volume number: 18

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(August 2025)

ISBN: 9782406186786

5.91 x 8.62 inches

Price: $36.00

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In nineteenth-century France, medicine reigned as queen of the sciences. From Balzac to Gautier, through to Flaubert and Zola, physicians featured prominently in the novels of the time. Whether Bianchon or Cherbonneau, Bovary or Pascal, these fictional portrayals embodied the ambivalence surrounding the figure of the physician, whose analytical power rivaled that of the novelist.

  • Edited by Florence Fix
  • Edited by Michela Landi