Illness, disease and death in the poems of constantine cavafy / Iakovos Menelaou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menelaou, Iakovos, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illness anxiety disorder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

Constantine Cavafy's preoccupation with the fragility of the human condition, and his attention to illness, disease and death, old age, alcohol consumption and homosexuality continue to attract and challenge his readers. In turning anew to these themes, this book draws on the medical humanities to provide a new and integrated framework. The medical humanities provide us with a new framework through which Cavafy's poetry can be investigated, not only by scholars in literary studies and world literature, but also by medical practitioners and researchers in the history of medicine.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Index of Poems.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Menelaou, Iakovos Illness, Disease and Death in the Poems of Constantine Cavafy

ISBN:

9781527584624