Representing epilepsy : myth and matter /

At least 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. This book seeks to understand the epileptic body as a literary or figurative device intelligible beyond a medical framework. The author argues that neurological discourse from the late nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century is as m...

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Main Author: Stirling, Jeannette (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2010.
Series:Representations (Liverpool, England)
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