The Literary Companion to Medicine: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry
0312143478
9780312143473
Description:
From the author of The Alarming History of Medicine comes the perfect gift and reference book for doctors and medical students: a unique and entertaining anthology devoted to literature about medicine.
A sampling of the writing in The Literary Companion to Medicine includes: the unforgettable Bob Sawyer of Charles Dickens, Emile Zola's send-up of Lourdes, Thomas Mann's vanished world of Swiss TB sanatoria, Brillat-Savarin's ironic table-talk of nineteenth-century slimmers, James Boswell's disorderly sex life, and the hilarity of the Parisian music hall star Le Petomane.
Diverse and delightful, this survey of prose and poetry vividly reflects the eternal fascination that human beings have with health, sickness, and healing, and with those who cure them. From Rabelais to F. Scott Fitzgerald to Erich Segal, Richard Gordon has amassed an impressive collection that shows how medicine is viewed in literature.
Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780312143473
Related Books
Frequently Asked Questions about The Literary Companion to Medicine: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry
The price for the book starts from $6.31 on Amazon and is available from 19 sellers at the moment.
If you’re interested in selling back the The Literary Companion to Medicine: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.
As for the The Literary Companion to Medicine: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.
The The Literary Companion to Medicine: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 5,340,597 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.
Not enough insights yet.