The Romantic Allure of Consumption: Tuberculosis in Art and Literature
In the annals of history, few diseases have captured the cultural imagination quite like tuberculosis, often referred to as ‘consumption.’ Far from being solely a harbinger of death, consumption, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries, became intertwined with notions of beauty, artistic sensitivity, and even spiritual transcendence. This paradox – the romanticization of a … Read more