Search Results: the culture of pain by david b morris

University of California Press, 1993. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press, 1993-04-12. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good.

University of California Press, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

University of California Press, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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University of California Press, 1993. Soft cover. Good. 6x1x9. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Univ of California Pr, 1993 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition/seventh printing book is tight with no markings, authors signature and short inscription on first blank page and signed also on title page,great copy.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. (1991), 342pp, illus., blue cloth, light shelfwear to cover, creases to dj flaps, sticker remains to cover, slight soiling & edgewear to dj, heavy scratching to rear dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -.

University of California Press:, 1993. 342 pages, illustrated in b&w. "In this richly intrigung study the author gives eloquent voice to the experience of pain as shaped by individual minds and specific cultures..." FINE SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1993. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Art & photography. The recipient of the 1992 Pen/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award, this study combines modern medical knowledge with a detailed exploration of the definition of pain in Western culture and literature to restore the bridge between pain and meaning. Drawing on history, art, literature, psychology, and medicine, Morris (Alexander Pope: The Genius of Sense, 1984) offers an extended commentary, profusely documented and illustrated, on the nature, function, and various meanings of pain in Western culture. Considering pain as both a ``biological fact'' and ``an experience in search of an interpretation,'' Morris interprets the psychic, spiritual, and physical experiences of pain and the symbolic, metaphoric, and symptomatic expressions of it from Plato to Joyce Carol Oates, Freud to Norman Cousins, Job to de Sade. The invention of ether in 1846 altered the… Read More

Berkeley: University of California Pre. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 342 pp. .

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. Book. As New. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo, purple illustrated siff wraps. 342 pp. including index and extensive notes. 30 illustrations. SIGNED AND DATE BY AUTHOR MORRIS on title page. A very tight, clean, fresh, crisp, stiff, square, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Discreet owner signature on ffep. FINE. Virtually AS NEW..

University of California Press, 1993-04-12. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good.

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