Anne Finger: 4 books

Book cover of Elegy for a Disease

Elegy for a Disease

A Personal and Cultural History of Polio

by Anne Finger
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013

During the first half of the twentieth century, epidemics of polio caused fear and panic, killing some who contracted the disease, leaving others with varying degrees of paralysis. The defeat of polio became a symbol of modern technology's ability to reduce human suffering. But while the story of...
Book cover of A Woman, In Bed
by Anne Finger
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018

Paris, 20th century, WWI to WWII and beyond. Simone abandons her body to lust, leaves her husband for Jacques, sleeps with strangers. But she is never satisfied. It is only when she is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, when she appears to be most broken in her body, that she finally finds the tender, fulfilling love she has been seeking.
Book cover of Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
by Anne Stiles, Francois Boller, Stanley Finger
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013

This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume on the neurosciences, neurology, and literature vividly shows how science and the humanities can come together --- and have come...
Book cover of Literature, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Historical and Literary Connections
by Anne Stiles, Francois Boller, Stanley Finger
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013

This well-established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This volume on the neurosciences, neurology, and literature vividly shows how science and the humanities can come together --- and have come...
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