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This Long Disease, My Life: Alexander Pope and the Sciences (Princeton Legacy Library)

Literature & Fiction

Nicolson, Marjorie Hope

Rousseau, George Sebastian

History & Criticism

Princeton University Press

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 paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback 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.

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This Long Disease, My Life: Alexander Pope and the Sciences (Princeton Legacy Library)

This Long Disease, My Life: Alexander Pope and the Sciences (Princeton Legacy Library)