Hardy the Physician: Medical Aspects of the Wessex Tradition

by Fincham T (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2008

  $120.69

  Was 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.