Romantic Medicine and John Keats

Almeida, Hermione de

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“…He is of the view that poetry can heal distressed soul and depressed mind where as a physician deals with physical states. [4] Like a good mentor, a poet prescribes different poetic prescriptions seeing the intensity of agony of mentees. Seeing the situation, he becomes a sage and philosophises life, sometimes he assays the role of a humanist to give balm to distressed and depressed souls and at occasions, turns out to be a physician to heal the mental scars of the readers.…”

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Harmonizing Two Horizons: Literature and Medicine in Poetry of John Keats

Kashikar

2024

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Literature reflects life experiences and emotions, offering insight into society and suggesting ways to improve it.Writers should skillfully depict their society's reality and guide it towards higher ideals and greater compassion. They often delve into various aspects of human health and medical practices, considering biological, socioeconomic, and cultural dimensions. The interdisciplinary study of literature and medicine highlights literature's role at the crossroads of humanities, medicine, and social sciences. In portraying health conditions, writers demonstrate their awareness of societal issues and their dedication to societal and human betterment, especially given the prevalence of illness and medical encounters in our society. The intricate web woven between literature and medicine has yielded fascinating insights into the human condition, illuminating both the physiological and emotional facets of existence. This nexus, often overlooked, finds a remarkably harmonious embodiment in the poetry of John Keats, a remarkable literary figure whose legacy extends beyond his verses and delves into his experiences as a trained surgeon's apprentice. This introductory section seeks to shed light on the significance of investigating the confluence of literature and medicine in Keats' poetry and the unique insights this union brings to the fore. This research paper delves into the intricate interplay between literature and medicine within the poetry of John Keats. It examines how Keats intricately weaved elements of medical knowledge and human experience into his poetic works. The paper explores how Keats's exposure to medical training and his poetic vision converged, resulting in a unique perspective that resonates through his portrayal of characters and themes in his poetry. By investigating Keats's engagement with both medical knowledge and artistic expression, this paper seeks to shed light on the ways in which literature and medicine harmonized in his creative process.

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“…This phenomenon of honey and nectar poisoning was well known in the nineteenth century. 64 The aforementioned botanist Benjamin Smith Barton gave a detailed account of poisoning by plants like wild honeysuckle in his essay "Some Account of the Poisonous and Injurious Honey of North America" (1802). 65 Sections of Barton's essay were reproduced in an article on "Animal Poisons" in Chambers Journal in 1844, a source alluded to by Brontë in Shirley for its natural history value, and the year of Shirley's publication coincided with the appearance of Joseph Hooker's The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya (1849).…”

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“Cut it, woman”: Masculinity, Nectar, and the Orgasm in Charlotte Brontë'sShirley(1849)

Harrington¹

2022

Victorian Literature and Culture

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This paper identifies the theme of honey gathering in Charlotte Brontë's fiction and places it within the context of Romantic and early Victorian representations of the nectarium's role in insect-flower relationships. Brontë's novels often invert the conventional use of botany to represent female sexuality by representing men as flowers and endowing her protagonists with an ulterior form of entomological agency. These insects work to express Brontë's desire for greater economic and erotic mobility, but it is argued that this mobility is problematized by the self-absorbed nature of the masculine nectarium, a dulcet gland in flowers originally believed by botanists to ooze sugar to serve a plant's own needs. This is particularly evident in Brontë's industrial romance Shirley (1849), as the theme of honey gathering is pathologized to visualize a crisis in the plotting of Victorian femininity. This paper may be helpful to scholars interested in Brontë's fiction, representations of sexuality, botany, entomology, ecology, and early Victorian pest discourse.

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George Crabbe: Physician, Priest, Poet

Zaroff

1997

J R Soc Med

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Romantic Medicine and John Keats

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Harmonizing Two Horizons: Literature and Medicine in Poetry of John Keats

Harmonizing Two Horizons: Literature and Medicine in Poetry of John Keats

“Cut it, woman”: Masculinity, Nectar, and the Orgasm in Charlotte Brontë'sShirley(1849)

George Crabbe: Physician, Priest, Poet

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