Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough : : the Medical Lives of Great Writers
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Evaluates the mysterious medical conditions that plagued ten of the English language's most heralded writers, from the possible reasons for Shakespeare's quirky handwriting to Jonathan Swift's alleged neurological problems.
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PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: x, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312600761
0312600763
SUBJECTS
Authors, English -- Biography.
Authors, English -- Health and hygiene.
Literature and medicine.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Health and hygiene.
Diseases and literature.