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Le Pouvoir Du Medecin Au XIXe Siecle

Le Pouvoir Du Medecin Au XIXe Siecle

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Series: Carrefour Des Lettres Modernes, Book 18

Literary Criticism

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ISBN10: 2406186784
ISBN13: 9782406186786
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Published: Aug 20 2025
Pages: 259
Weight: 0.81
Language: French
In nineteenth-century France, medicine reigned as queen of the sciences. From Balzac to Gautier, through to Flaubert and Zola, physicians featured prominently in the novels of the time. Whether Bianchon or Cherbonneau, Bovary or Pascal, these fictional portrayals embodied the ambivalence surrounding the figure of the physician, whose analytical power rivaled that of the novelist.

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