Dr. Noelle Gallagher

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Noelle Gallagher’s research focuses on Restoration and eighteenth-century literature, particularly the intersections of literature and medicine within the context of medical humanities. She is currently engaged in writing a book that examines the literary and visual representations of gout during Georgian Britain. Gallagher has authored "Historical Literatures: Writing the Past in Britain 1660-1740," which explores how various literary genres contributed to the development of Enlightenment historiography. Her other notable work, "Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination," investigates the depictions of venereal disease in British literature and graphic art from 1660 to 1800. In addition to her research, Gallagher teaches specialized modules in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature at the University of Manchester, where she lectures on subjects such as representations of sex, disease, and the body in art and literature. She also teaches literature and medicine units at the Manchester Medical School at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Gallagher's work contributes to fields of English literature and medical history, emphasizing the relevance of literary studies in understanding historical perspectives on health and disease.

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