Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives

Looks at nine prominent hypochondriacs - James Boswell, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Daniel Paul Schreber, Alice James, Marcel Proust, Glenn Gould and Andy Warhol - and what their lives tell us about the way the mind works with, and against, the body.

• | By (Author): Brian Dillon
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 06, 2010
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0141044055
• | ISBN-13: 9780141044057