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050 0 4 _aPR6019
_b.J364 1995
049 _aNTA
100 1 _aFerris, Kathleen,
_d1941-
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245 1 0 _aJames Joyce & the Burden of Disease
246 3 _aJames Joyce and the burden of disease
260 _aLexington :
_bThe University Press of Kentucky,
_c(c)1995.
300 _a1 online resource (193 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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500 _aDescription based upon print version of record.
504 _a2
505 0 0 _aCover; 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
520 0 _aJames 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,
530 _a2
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600 1 0 _aJoyce, James,
_d1882-1941
_xHealth.
650 0 _aNovelists, Irish
_y20th century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aSyphilis
_xPatients
_zIreland
_vBiography.
650 0 _aSexually transmitted diseases in literature.
650 0 _aHuman body in literature.
650 0 _aSyphilis in literature.
650 0 _aHealth in literature.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938057&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell