Poetry WARP & WOOF Clark 1915 epilepsy
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Clark, Leon Pierce; Warp And Woof; Riverside CT: Hillacre Bookhouse 1915. 1st Edition. 190, (7) pages. Hardcover
American Literature - 20th Century American Poetry - 20th Century History Of Medicine - Epilepsy Psychiatry Psychoanalysis Psychohistory Psychobiography
Good/noDJ. Spine covering missing, light edgewear, light tone, owner's bookplate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.
Leon Pierce Clark was a prominent psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known for his work on epilepsy. He authored two psychobiographies late in life, on Napoleon and on Lincoln. This uncommon book is his only published poetry, containing 154 short poems, some reflecting his professional interests.
One such poetry on epilepsy, "The Status", reads: "I know not why God burdens so! Convulsed with pain And bathed in stup'rous death Contending hells possess my prostate form My muscles knot The blood stands still The breath not less than spirit Filled with woe I live, I die And nights enslave my soul Ah, God, why burden so! Yet slay entire And rend the body quite, But let my spirit go! The awful pain, the black night- tide, Unconsciousness – I hope not gift from heaven nor hell, I only ask for rest, but some great boulder rock, Unmoved, Forgotten if thou wilt!"
American Literature - 20th Century American Poetry - 20th Century History Of Medicine - Epilepsy Psychiatry Psychoanalysis Psychohistory Psychobiography
Good/noDJ. Spine covering missing, light edgewear, light tone, owner's bookplate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.
Leon Pierce Clark was a prominent psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known for his work on epilepsy. He authored two psychobiographies late in life, on Napoleon and on Lincoln. This uncommon book is his only published poetry, containing 154 short poems, some reflecting his professional interests.
One such poetry on epilepsy, "The Status", reads: "I know not why God burdens so! Convulsed with pain And bathed in stup'rous death Contending hells possess my prostate form My muscles knot The blood stands still The breath not less than spirit Filled with woe I live, I die And nights enslave my soul Ah, God, why burden so! Yet slay entire And rend the body quite, But let my spirit go! The awful pain, the black night- tide, Unconsciousness – I hope not gift from heaven nor hell, I only ask for rest, but some great boulder rock, Unmoved, Forgotten if thou wilt!"
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Good/noDJ. Spine covering missing, light edgewear, light tone, owner's bookplate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.
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8 x 5.75 x 1 in
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1.12 lb
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