Date of Award
4-7-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
English, MA
First Advisor
Catherine Calloway
Committee Members
Janelle Collins; Michael Spikes
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2015 H32
Abstract
The relationship between literature and medicine has generated great interest in the last forty years, both in terms of literature's use of the medical field to provide commentary on the human condition and the medical field's use of literature to better understand the human condition. This thesis will analyze the ways in which twentieth century authors Ernest Hemingway, William Carlos Williams, J.D. Salinger, and Joe Haldeman employed the motif of medicine and the medical field--specifically medical malpractice, misdiagnosis, and tragedy--to convey the themes of their respective literary movements and to reveal human concerns to those who would read their respective works for a better understanding of those concerns as they relate to the medical field.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Hetrick, Aaron Danell, "Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, and Tragedy in Modern and Postmodern American Literature" (2015). Student Theses and Dissertations. 699.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/699
