The Representation of Female Nurse in the Poetry of John Keats

Azeez, Hawzhin (2023) The Representation of Female Nurse in the Poetry of John Keats. Masters thesis, Koya University.

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Abstract

The present study which is entitled (The Representation of Female Nurse in the Poetry of John Keats) is an attempt to examine the manifestation of the nurse figure in the Poetry of John Keats. In his works, John Keats describes female characters variously; they range from the evil seductress of the ''La Bell Dame Sans Merci'' and Lamia to the innocent pure Madeline of The Eve of St. Agnes and innocent Isabella of The Pot of Basil. This study continues the tradition of investigating female characters in Keats’s poetry; however, the main concern of this study is the depiction of the female nurse in selected poems. The study provides interesting observation about the representation of this type of female figure. There is little research about the image of female nurses in English literature in general and almost no study about them in Romantic poetry. Therefore, this study attempts to see how female nurses are featured in Keats’s poetry. Understanding the way in which nurses were depicted in his poetry is very important for two reasons: first, it provides a glimpse into the public image of female nurse during Keats’s time. Second, it allows seeing whether Keats had created the image of female nurse based on his daily observations of actual nurses in the medical school or he had created his own stereotype. The method used in this study is thematic analysis where the entire body of Keats's poems were examined to look for the portrayal of the female nurse. The study falls in to four chapters: Chapter One provides a general introduction that consists of three sections. Section One introduces the topic, its significance and the research questions. Section Two examines the relevant literature review that discusses previous studies about female characters in Keats’s poetry. Section Three introduces the methodology used in this study as well as the criteria of grouping and classifying different types of nurses. Chapter Two sets the historical context of the study. It consists of two sections: Section One traces the historical development of the term ‘nurse’ and its implications to make us understand the meanings of the term and its different connotations up to where Keats had lived. Section Two looks back at Keats’s medical career: as an apprenticed apothecary, a student at the medical school and as a physician. This would aid the analysis in many ways; it helps comparing the language he used to talk about female nurses with the language used in medical books. Chapter Three investigates the figures of professional nurses. It examines female characters acting as professional nurses who provide care for inflicted characters. The care those female characters' offer could be medical, psychological, spiritual, or even social. Chapter Four examines the poetic nurse; it looks at the other way the term 'nurse' is used in Keats’s poetry and how their job is not to prepare medicine or heal characters. These figures are poetically constructed and metaphorically addressed as a sort of invocation. The thesis ends with a conclusion that sums up the findings of the study followed by a list of references. The study would contribute to the existing literature of female characters in Keats’s poetic works. Keywords: Female nurse, John Keats, romantic poetry, medical humanities, female healers.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Female nurse, John Keats, romantic poetry, medical humanities, female healers.
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Department of English Language > M.Sc. Thesis
Depositing User:	Mr. Rebwar Mohammed Jarjis
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2023 08:43
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2023 08:43
URI:	http://eprints.koyauniversity.org/id/eprint/397

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