The Patient as Object and Spectacle in W.E. Henley's Hospital Poems

Authors

  • Edward H. Cohen

Keywords:

W.E. Henley, poetry, patients, health, William Ernest Henley, hospital, class, nineteenth-century healthcare

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Published

2020-06-11

How to Cite

Cohen, E. H. (2020). The Patient as Object and Spectacle in W.E. Henley’s Hospital Poems. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 9(1), 28-39. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13879