Joyce, Medicine, And Modernity (florida James Joyce) [Paperback]

James Joyces interest in medicine has been well establishedhe attempted to embark on medical studies no fewer than three timesbut a comprehensive assessment of the influence his interest in medicine had on his work has been lacking until now.

In this wide-ranging study, author Vike Plock balances close readings of Joyces major texts with thorough archival research that retrieves principal late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical debates. The result is a fascinating book that details the ways in which Joyce reconciled, integrated, and blurred the paradigmatic boundaries between scientific and humanist learning.