This Long Disease My Life

Author : Marjorie Hope Nicolson,George Sebastian Rousseau
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400875962

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This Long Disease, My Life by Marjorie Hope Nicolson,George Sebastian Rousseau Pdf

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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Clodagh Crookshank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Muscular dystrophy
ISBN : 0863324940

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This Long Disease, My Life by Clodagh Crookshank Pdf

Author : Marjorie Hope Nicolson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:251651796

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This Long Disease, My Life by Marjorie Hope Nicolson Pdf

Author : Alexander Pope
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721918361

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Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot by Alexander Pope Pdf

Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot by Alexander Pope Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Leopold Damrosch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520059751

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The Imaginative World of Alexander Pope by Leopold Damrosch Pdf

Author : Tessa Miller
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250751461

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What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller Pdf

"Should be read by anyone with a body. . . . Relentlessly researched and undeniably smart." —The New York Times Named one of BuzzFeed's "Best Books of 2021" What Doesn't Kill You is the riveting account of a young journalist’s awakening to chronic illness, weaving together personal story and reporting to shed light on living with an ailment forever. Tessa Miller was an ambitious twentysomething writer in New York City when, on a random fall day, her stomach began to seize up. At first, she toughed it out through searing pain, taking sick days from work, unable to leave the bathroom or her bed. But when it became undeniable that something was seriously wrong, Miller gave in to family pressure and went to the hospital—beginning a years-long nightmare of procedures, misdiagnoses, and life-threatening infections. Once she was finally correctly diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, Miller faced another battle: accepting that she will never get better. Today, an astonishing three in five adults in the United States suffer from a chronic disease—a percentage expected to rise post-Covid. Whether the illness is arthritis, asthma, Crohn's, diabetes, endometriosis, multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, or any other incurable illness, and whether the sufferer is a colleague, a loved one, or you, these diseases have an impact on just about every one of us. Yet there remains an air of shame and isolation about the topic of chronic sickness. Millions must endure these disorders not only physically but also emotionally, balancing the stress of relationships and work amid the ever-present threat of health complications. Miller segues seamlessly from her dramatic personal experiences into a frank look at the cultural realities (medical, occupational, social) inherent in receiving a lifetime diagnosis. She offers hard-earned wisdom, solidarity, and an ultimately surprising promise of joy for those trying to make sense of it all.

Author : Patrick Collins
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483466590

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Fighting for My Life: How I Found God and Beat Lyme Disease by Patrick Collins Pdf

Patrick Collins has the life that he has always wanted: a loving family and supportive friends who help him in following his dreams. He has an accomplished baseball career and a unique passion to change the world. That is, until illness strikes. Plagued by fatigue, arthritis, chronic sinus infections, mood swings, and seizures, Patrick is left without a guide in his search for what is wrong with him. Doctor after doctor runs tests and comes up without a diagnosis. The family is told it is -all in Patrick's head, - and is offered antidepressants. Two years and tens of thousands of dollars later, a diagnosis is given: Lyme disease. Although Patrick's malady finally has a name, the extensive testing for, and treatment of, this enigmatic disease is not covered by insurance companies, leaving the family financially devastated. This memoir draws readers into the mind of this young sufferer of Lyme disease who had lost all hope of recovery, missing out on years of his childhood.

Author : Jeffrey Meyers
Publisher : Oldcastle Books Ltd
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781904915508

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Samuel Johnson by Jeffrey Meyers Pdf

Jeffrey Meyers tells the extraordinary story of Samuel Johnson one of the most illustrious figures of English literary tradition. Johnson was famous as a poet, novelist, biographer, essayist, critic, editor, lexicographer, conversationalist and larger than life personality. After nine years of work Johnson's, 'A dictionary of the English Language, was published in 1755. He overcame great adversity to achieve success. 'The Struggle' is a masterful portrait of a brilliant and tormented figure.

Author : Alexander Pope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Poets, English
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014725741

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The Works of Alexander Pope: The life [by W.J. Courthope] and index by Alexander Pope Pdf

Author : Allan M. Brandt,Paul Rozin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781135024970

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Morality and Health by Allan M. Brandt,Paul Rozin Pdf

From the castigation and stigmatization of victims of AIDS to our celebration of diet, exercise and fitness, the moral categorization of health and disease reflects contemporary notions that disease results from moral failure and that health is the representation of moral triumph. Ranging across academic disciplines and historical time periods, the essays in Morality and Health offer a compelling assessment of the powerful role of moral systems for judging the complex questions of risk and responsibility for disease, the experience of illness, and social and cultural responses to those who are sick. Contributors include Keith Thomas, Charles Rosenberg, Richard Shweder, Arthur Kleinman, David Mechanic, Nancy Tomes and Linda Gordon.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1736 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Medicine
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030021157682

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The Lancet by Anonim Pdf

Author : W. Gurney Benham
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783846047620

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A Book of Quotations by W. Gurney Benham Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1914.

Author : Paul R. Alexander
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525525339

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Three Minutes for a Dog by Paul R. Alexander Pdf

Contrary to popular belief Polio is not extinct. This is the true story of an indomitable spirit afflicted with unimaginable physical and psychological challenges. Paul Alexander’s life is a saga that started in 1946 and has been profoundly shaped by the Polio epidemic of the early 1950’s. Survivors of the 1950’s Polio Epidemic in America are rare. Polio victims, like Paul Alexander, who require the assistance of an “Iron Lung” respirator for their life’s breath are even rarer. Paul Alexander has crafted his life against all odds and has a courageous and compelling story to share with us all. Victims of Polio, their families, friends and communities are struggling to cope with this obscure but still dangerous infectious disease. This book is a testimony to the strength of the human spirit and an affirmation of the need to continue efforts to eradicate the pestilence of Polio from the planet.

Author : Henry Thompson
Publisher : London : T. Cadell
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : UOM:39015014698248

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The Life of Hannah More by Henry Thompson Pdf

Author : Nicholas Gayle
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781443898270

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Byron and the Best of Poets by Nicholas Gayle Pdf

Byron was a man of many passions, always fiercely held and defended, but his intense devotion to the poetry of Alexander Pope seemed to characterise a man standing a little to the left of the Romantic universe. While Pope largely left a taste of dust in the mouths of the Romantics, Byron continued to defend the “little Queen Anne’s man” in letters and in print as if he were arguing for the reputation of a lover; so much so that we are left to wonder, what kind of impression did the greatest poet of the eighteenth century leave upon the work of the seminal poet of the nineteenth? How far and in what way did Byron’s adoration of Pope imprint itself upon his own poetry in conscious and unconscious echoes, in parallels of thought and expression, in the unexpected, unlooked-for congruence? This book identifies and lays out the most significant strands of that influence, following them wherever they lead. Through exploring both poets’ satirical portraits of men and women, their expression of love and forbidden passion, their various poetic techniques, the influence of the Roman poet Horace, and the dual resonance of Eden and paradise in their work, a picture emerges of Pope touching the deepest recesses of Byron’s poetic thought. Amongst the particular themes discussed here are the presence of women in the lives and poetry of both men, the disentangling of the sense of alienation and exile exhibited in their authorial psyches, the significance of the doppelgänger for their satire, and a weighing of the deep contrapuntal nature of Byron’s thought, contrasting it with Pope’s. Byron and the Best of Poets is the first major study of its kind to explore these multiple aspects and to unpack them in the work of both poets.