All that Summer She was Mad: Virginia Woolf, Female Victim of Male MedicineExamines Virginia Woolf's life and works in order to dispute claims that she was insane and argues that the prejudices of her physicians were responsible for her misdiagnosis. |
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The Problem of Embodiment | 13 |
The Problem of Food | 55 |
Real and Fictional | 75 |
Copyright | |
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