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This Long Disease, My Life: Alexander Pope and the Sciences
Marjorie Hope Nicolson
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Description for This Long Disease, My Life: Alexander Pope and the Sciences
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
When in his Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot Pope referred to this long disease, my life, his statement was quite literally true, since Pope, in addition to being a dwarf and a hunchback, suffered from many diseases during his lifetime. With technical advice from several physicians, the authors present the first medical case history of the poet. Drawing heavily upon the Correspondence for information about Pope's symptoms, they discuss the effect ill health had on his writings and the prevalence of medical themes in his works. The authors also explore Pope's interests in astronomy (second only to ... Read more
When in his Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot Pope referred to this long disease, my life, his statement was quite literally true, since Pope, in addition to being a dwarf and a hunchback, suffered from many diseases during his lifetime. With technical advice from several physicians, the authors present the first medical case history of the poet. Drawing heavily upon the Correspondence for information about Pope's symptoms, they discuss the effect ill health had on his writings and the prevalence of medical themes in his works. The authors also explore Pope's interests in astronomy (second only to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Weight
627 g
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691649245
SKU
V9780691649245
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