9781804470312

On Being Ill

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ISBN13: 9781804470312

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Penned in 1925 during the aftermath of a nervous breakdown, On Being Ill is a groundbreaking essay by the Modernist giant Virginia Woolf that seeks to establish illness as a topic for discussion in literature. Delving into considerations of the loneliness and vulnerability experienced by those suffering from illness, as well as aspects of privilege others might have, the essay resounds with an honesty and clarity that still rings true today. 'Novels, one would have thought, would have been devoted to influenza, epic poems to typhoid, odes to pneumonia, lyrics to toothache. But no - with a few exceptions? literature does its best to maintain that its concern is with the mind; that the body is a sheet of plain glass through which the soul looks straight and clear, and, save for one or two passions such as desire and greed, is null, and negligible and non-existent.'

ISBN-13

9781804470312

ISBN-10

1804470317

Weight

0.11 Pounds

Dimensions

4.33 x 0.28 x 6.97 In

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$5.00

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

48 pages

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Published On

2023-04-26



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