E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Nicolson / Rousseau This Long Disease, My Life
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7596-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Alexander Pope and the Sciences
E-Book, Englisch, 330 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7596-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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 his obsession with medicine), microscopy, geology, and physics and how they relate to his writings.
Originally published in 1968.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. v
Contents, pg. ix
Introduction, pg. 1
A Medical Case History of Alexander Pope, pg. 7
Pope and Medicine, pg. 85
I. Circulation and Transfusion, pg. 87
II. Animalitarianism, pg. 93
III. The Mary Toft Case, pg. 109
IV. Pope and "Vomition", pg. 115
V. The "Mummius" Episode, pg. 123
Alexander Pope and Astronomy, pg. 131
I. The Old and the New, pg. 239
II. The Small in Nature, pg. 243
III. Grottoes and Geology, pg. 251
IV. Color and Light, pg. 266
Dr. Thomas Thompson, pg. 297
Index, pg. 307
