Tweed, Hannah Catherine (2018) Archives, Paratexts and Life Writing in the First World War. In: Tweed, Hannah and Scott, Diane, (eds.) Medical Paratexts from Medieval to Modern. Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine . Palgrave Macmillan , pp. 123-137.
Abstract
The chapters in this collection have demonstrated a range of ways the phrase 'medical paratext' can be conceptualised, and particularly the interactions between medical practice, medical texts, and their writers and readers. Focusing on the diaries of Canadian nurse-writers in the First World War (particularly the work of nursing sister Clare Gass and VAD Alice Lighthall), this chapter proposes that paratext can demonstrate the contemporary archiving and historiography of the authors' experience, and support their claims to authoritative writing - as military histories, as medical practitioners, and as women operating within male-dominated environments.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018 |
Keywords: | Medical humanities,History of medicine,Book history,Paratexts,First World War,Diaries,Nurses |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > English and Related Literature (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2018 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2024 01:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Series Name: | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133935 |
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