This long disease, my life: alexander pope and the sciences
Auteur :
Nicolson, Marjorie Hope / Rousseau, George Sebastian
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691622460
Date de publication :
8 déc. 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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. Drawin