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A Nasty Case of the Vapours

Vivienne Parry explores the symptomatology afflicting the Victorian literary heroine in the 19th century. From October 2007.

Vivienne Parry explores the lives, deaths and immune systems of heroines of English literature through the eyes of modern medicine. She takes an unusual look at great British novels by distinguishing plot devices from real medicine, finding out much about Victorian depiction of illness in the process.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 15 Aug 201701:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Thu 25 Oct 200711:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 6 Apr 200813:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 11 Sep 201406:30
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  • Thu 11 Sep 201413:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 11 Sep 201420:30
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  • Fri 12 Sep 201402:30
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  • Mon 14 Aug 201706:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 14 Aug 201713:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 14 Aug 201720:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 15 Aug 201701:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra