Hardy the Physician : Medical Aspects of the Wessex Tradition by T. Fincham ...

Hardy the Physician\nby T. Fincham\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: T. Fincham\nTitle: Hardy the Physician\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literature: history and criticism\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan\nPublication year: 2008\nEdition: 1st ed. 2008\nISBN-13: 9781349301041\nISBN-10: 1349301043\nRRP: \u00A344.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWas Thomas Hardy clinically depressed or just syphilitic? Was Egdon Heath imbued with melancholic vapours? And does this explain why many of his characters suffered from depression, took their own lives or developed homicidal tendencies? This book by a rural GP explores these and many other medical issues in Hardy''s life and works.\n\nW.