Polio and its aftermath : the paralysis of culture /
In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Part memoir, part cultural criticism and history, part meditation on the meaning of disease, Shell's work combines the understanding of a medical researcher with the sensitivity of a literary critic. He...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
©2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780674043541 0674043545 9780674013155 0674013158 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Part memoir, part cultural criticism and history, part meditation on the meaning of disease, Shell's work combines the understanding of a medical researcher with the sensitivity of a literary critic. He deftly draws a detailed yet broad picture of the lived experience of a crippling disease as it makes it way into every facet of human existence. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-295) and indexes. |
| Language Note: | In English. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |