James Joyce & the burden of disease /

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James Joyce's near blindness, his peculiar gait, and his death from perforated ulcers are commonplace knowledge to most of his readers. But until now, most Joyce scholars have not recognized that these symptoms point to a diagnosis of syphilis. Kathleen Ferris traces Joyce's medical histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ferris, Kathleen, 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Subjects:
Joyce, James, > 1882-1941 > Health.
Joyce, James, > 1882-1941.
1900-1999
Novelists, Irish > 20th century > Biography.
Syphilis > Patients > Ireland > Biography.
Sexually transmitted diseases in literature.
Human body in literature.
Syphilis in literature.
Health in literature.
Romanciers irlandais > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Syphilis > Patients > Irlande > Biographies.
Infections transmissibles sexuellement dans la littérature.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Syphilis dans la littérature.
Santé dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Health.
Novelists, Irish.
Syphilis > Patients.
Ireland.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Creative Daemon; 2 The Wandering Jew in Ulysses; 3 Epics of the Body; 4 An Insectfable; Epilogue: Dear mysterre Shame's Voice; Chronology of Joyce's Medical History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; W; Y.

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