Eros and Illness / / David B. Morris.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017
• VerfasserIn: Morris, David B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 19 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction. What Is Eros? --; Part One. The Contraries --; Chapter 1. The Ambush: An Erotics of Illness --; Chapter 2. Unforgetting Asklepios: Medical Eros and Its Lineage --; Chapter 3. Not- Knowing: Medicine in the Dark --; Part Two. The Stories --; Chapter 4. Varieties of Erotic Experience: Five Illness Narratives --; Chapter 5. Eros Modigliani: Assenting to Life --; Chapter 6. The Infinite Faces of Pain: Eros and Ethics --; Part Three. The Dilemmas --; Chapter 7. Black Swan Syndrome: Probable Improbabilities --; Chapter 8. Light as Environment: How Not to Love Nature --; Chapter 9. The Spark of Life: Appearances / Disappearances --; Conclusion. Altered States --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674977914; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110548211; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674977914
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David B. Morris.

When we or our loved ones fall ill, our world is thrown into disarray, our routines are interrupted, our beliefs shaken. David Morris offers an unconventional, deeply human exploration of what it means to live with, and live through, disease. He shows how desire-emotions, dreams, stories, romance, even eroticism-plays a crucial part in illness.