This Long Disease, My Life: Alexander Pope and the Sciences (Princeton Legacy Library, 2093) - Hardcover

Nicolson, Marjorie Hope; Rousseau, George Sebastian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691649243 ISBN 13: 9780691649245

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About this title

About the Author:

Nicolson taught for many years at Columbia University

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0691649243
• ISBN 13: 9780691649245
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 330