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Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP New Book AnnouncementDate 15/10/2019 Serial no.Title The Science of Starving Edition New productSubtitle Medicine, Political Economy, and the Victorian Novel Status DraftTechnical Main editionISBN 0198850034ISBN 9780198850038 Pub. date 16/04/2020Binding Hardback No.of vols/vol no.Price £50.00 Imprint OUPTerms AJ Bibliography NoRoyalty Yes Format 234x153 mmJoint IP Extent 224 ppText colours 1 IllustrationsSeries/no. ()Digital FormatsAlso available as an ebook for Retail & Institutions (Single User access)Also available online for Institutions only as part of Oxford Scholarship OnlineAuthor(s)/editor(s)Title Forename Surname Role NationalityProf Andrew Mangham AuthorAffiliation Professor of Victorian Literature and Medical Humanities, University of ReadingResponsible editor Jacqueline Norton Publishing HistoryAssistant Commissioning editor Aimee Wright AgentProduction editor Alannah SantraRights Co-publisherTerritorial World Original publisherTranslation Available Date orig.edn pub/opBook club Available Translation? NoOther sub.rights Available Orig.lang & titleClassifications Main Literature Secondary Victorian literature and scienceCatalogue SectionQBOtherThe Science of Starving in Victorian Literature, Medicine, and Political Economy is a reassessment of the languages and methodologies used, throughout the nineteenth century, for discussing extreme hunger in Britain. Set against the providentialism of conservative political economy, this study uncovers an emerging, dynamic way of describing literal starvation in medicine and physiology. No longer seen as a divine punishment for individual failings, starvation became, in the human sciences, apathology whose horrific symptoms registered failings of state and statute. Providing new and historically-rich readings of the works of Charles Kingsley, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Charles Dickens, this book suggests that the realism we have come to associate with Victorian social problem fiction learneda vast amount from the empirical, materialist objectives of the medical sciences and that, within the mechanics of these intersections, we find important re-examinations of how we might think about this ongoing humanitarian issue.
