Ferris, Kathleen,  1941- <br/><br/>
James Joyce & the Burden of Disease 
 James Joyce and the burden of disease 

 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)1995. 
 - 1 online resource (193 pages) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Creative Daemon; 2 The Wandering Jew in Ulysses; 3 Epics of the Body; 4 An Insectfable; Epilogue: Dear mysterre Shame's Voice; Chronology of Joyce's Medical History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; W; Y 
<br/><br/> James Joyce's near blindness, his peculiar gait, and his death from perforated ulcers are commonplace knowledge to most of his readers. But until now, most Joyce scholars have not recognized that these symptoms point to a diagnosis of syphilis. Kathleen Ferris traces Joyce's medical history as described in his correspondence, in the diaries of his brother Stanislaus, and in the memoirs of his acquaintances, to show that many of his symptoms match those of tabes dorsalis, a form of neurosyphilis which, untreated, eventually leads to paralysis. Combining literary analysis and medical detection, 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813149820 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Joyce, James, 1882-1941 --Health.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Novelists, Irish--20th century--Biography.<br/>Syphilis--Patients--Ireland--Biography.<br/>Sexually transmitted diseases in literature.<br/>Human body in literature.<br/>Syphilis in literature.<br/>Health in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6019  / .J364 1995