So Much More Than a Headache: Understanding Migraine Through Literature

by Kathleen O'Shea and Kathleen O'Shea

Book Overview

"English," wrote Virginia Woolf, "which can express the thoughts of Hamlet and the tragedy of Lear, has no words for the shiver and the headache. . . . let a sufferer try to describe a pain in his head to a doctor and language at once runs dry."

Despite Woolf's astute observation and the apparent dearth of writings on such subjects, editor Kathleen O'Shea has managed to gather a wide selection of helpful excerpts, chapters, poetry, and even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606354035
• ISBN13: 9781606354032
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"