{"product_id":"shelleys-venomed-melody-paperback-9780521128629","title":"Shelley's Venomed Melody (Paperback) 9780521128629","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShelley's Venomed Melody\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis provocative study assesses Shelley's health and how it affected his poetry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNora Crook (Author), Derek Guiton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521128629, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis provocative study assesses at length and in detail the validity and significance of the claim, first made in 1863, that Shelley suffered throughout his life from a youthful contraction of venereal disease. The authors have undertaken vigourous research and consulted little-known medical works of the period 1780–1830 (including a number by Shelley's own doctors), and have interwoven their examination with a description of early nineteenth-century attitudes towards venereal disease (which parallel in some respects present-day fears raised by the threat of AIDS). The book is not, however, simply an investigation of a biographical mystery. The authors' cardinal aim is to reveal the importance of the meaning of disease and healing in Shelley's poetry. They document through specific and concrete textual analysis the extent to which the image of venereal plague functions for Shelley as a metaphor of evil, and they show how his schoolboy fascination with the panacea and his fugitive ambition to be a doctor were transmitted into a passionate belief in the power of poetry to act as society's medicine.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. The ancient infirmity\u003cbr\u003e 2. From natural magic to natural science: Eton 1804–1810\u003cbr\u003e 3. Arsenic and aquafortis: Oxford 1810–1811\u003cbr\u003e 4. The mill-wheel's sound\u003cbr\u003e 5. Love and vegetables 1811–1813\u003cbr\u003e 6. Elephantiasis\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pale pain, my shadow 1814–1822\u003cbr\u003e 8. The myth of syphilis\u003cbr\u003e 9. Nightshade, well, forest\u003cbr\u003e 10. White hair and frail form\u003cbr\u003e 11. Evil, the immedicable plague\u003cbr\u003e 12. Egyptian bondage: Charles the First and The Triumph of Life\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Notes on texts\u003cbr\u003e Symbols, short titles and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006569009432,"sku":"9780521128629","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521128629i_34c7cfa9-8ea4-4e1d-aa10-c50ea1184a73.jpg?v=1691371905","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shelleys-venomed-melody-paperback-9780521128629","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}