George Crabbe’s Medical Poetics
Monograph Forthcoming
Pietro Longhi, The Apothecary, 1752. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice.
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This book presents a comprehensive study of Crabbe’s poetics of medicine by examining his assessment of social problems, his understanding of the role of a poet, as well as his views on education and religion. In addressing the connection between literature and medicine in the long eighteenth century, my book achieves three main objectives: [1] To introduce scholars and students of literary studies and related fields to Crabbe’s medical poetics with respect to his key poetic practice, theory, and philosophy. [2] To advance critical understanding of the intellectual and philosophical influence of medical concepts and attitudes in Crabbe’s poetry. [3] To encourage further interdisciplinary research that draws on the perceptive and analytical framework of medicine for the study of poetry and poetics.