{"product_id":"the-body-in-the-library-a-literary-anthology-of-modern-medicine-paperback","title":"The Body in the Library: A Literary Anthology of Modern Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIain Bamforth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eW. H. Auden\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003ePeter Bamm\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Body in the Library \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a nuanced and realistic picture of how medicine and society have abetted and thwarted each other ever since the lawyers behind the French Revolution banished the clergy and replaced them with doctors, priests of the body. Ranging from Charles Dickens to Oliver Sacks, Anton Chekhov to Raymond Queneau, Fanny Burney to Virginia Woolf, Miguel Torga to Guido Ceronetti, \u003ci\u003eThe Body in the Library\u003c\/i\u003e is an anthology of poems, stories, journal entries, Socratic dialogue, table-talk, clinical vignettes, aphorisms, and excerpts written by doctor-writers themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngaging and provocative, philosophical and instructive, intermittently funny and sometimes appalling, this anthology sets out to stimulate and entertain. With an acerbic introduction and witty contextual preface to each account, it will educate both patients and doctors curious to know more about the historical dimensions of medical practice. Armed with a first-hand experience of liberal medicine and knowledge of several languages, Iain Bamforth has scoured the literatures of Europe to provide a well-rounded and cross-cultural sense of what it means to be a doctor entering the twenty-first century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIain Bamforth\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctor who has worked across Europe and Australia. His essays and reviews have appeared in a variety of medical and literary publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several books of poetry and has received a Scottish Arts Council Book Award and an Eric Gregory Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Beckett\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ireland in 1906. His plays \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionized modern theater, and his trilogy--\u003ci\u003eMolloy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMallone Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unnamable\u003c\/i\u003e--ranks among the major works of twentieth century fiction. He died in Paris in 1989. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theater director. An influential theater practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble--the post-war theater company operated by Brecht and his wife and long-time collaborator, the actress Helene Weigel--with its internationally acclaimed productions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e was born on January 29, 1860 in Taganrog, Russia. He graduated from the University of Moscow in 1884. Chekhov died of tuberculosis in Germany on July 14, 1904, shortly after his marriage to actress Olga Knipper, and was buried in Moscow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis-Ferdinand Céline\u003c\/b\u003e (1894-1961) was a French writer and doctor whose novels are antiheroic visions of human suffering. Accused of collaboration with the Nazis, Céline fled France in 1944 first to Germany and then to Denmark. Condemned by default (1950) in France to one year of imprisonment and declared a national disgrace, Céline returned to France after his pardon in 1951, where he continued to write until his death. His classic books include \u003ci\u003eJourney to the End of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath on the Installment Plan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRigadoon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Professor Y\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCastle to Castle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNormance\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (1812-1870) is one of the most acclaimed and popular writers of all time. His many works include the classics \u003ci\u003eThe Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Bleak House, Hard Times, Our Mutual Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e and many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Arthur Conan Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (1859-1930) is most noted for his Sherlock Holmes detective stories. He was a prolific writer whose other works include a wide range of science fiction stories, historical novels, romances, poetry, and nonfiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGustave Flaubert\u003c\/b\u003e (1821-80) is considered to be one of the most important French novelists of the nineteenth century. He's most well known for his novel \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, and for his desire to write \"a book about nothing,\" a novel in which all external elements, especially the presence of the author, have been eliminated, leaving nothing but style itself. Often considered a member of the naturalist school, Flaubert despised categorizations of this sort, and in novels like \u003ci\u003eBouvard and Pécuchet\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the inaptness of this label. In addition to these two novels, he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eA Sentimental Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalambo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThree Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Temptation of Saint Anthony\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e (1809-1852) was a novelist and political satirist. The author of \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Overcoat\u003c\/i\u003e, he was one of Russia's greatest writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e (1883-1924) was born of Jewish parents in Prague. Several of his story collections were published in his lifetime and his novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerika\u003c\/i\u003e, were published posthumously by his editor Max Brod. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNovelist, poet, and journalist, \u003cb\u003eDeszö Kosztolányi\u003c\/b\u003e (1885-1936) is widely regarded as one of the great Hungarian writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)\u003c\/b\u003e (1903-1950) wrote fiction, journalism, criticism, and poetry. 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Experimenting with new techniques of meter and lineation, Williams sought to invent an entirely fresh--and singularly American--poetics, whose subject matter was centered on the everyday circumstances of life and the lives of common people. 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