TY - JOUR
T1 - In search of lost opportunities
T2 - Marcel Proyce and James Joust discuss doctors, diseases, life and death (A hypothetical conversation between Marcel Proust and James Joyce)
AU - Shanahan, Fergus
AU - Quigley, Eamonn M.M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Two of the most influential thinkers of the last century, Marcel Proust (1871-1922) and James Joyce (1882-1941), met in 1922 but had little to say to each other. Had circumstances been different, what might they have said? They had much in common, including an interest in doctors and diseases, but from different perspectives. Although the meeting was a lost opportunity to explore the insights of two great analysts of the human condition, their lives and works provide a record rich in detail and timeless in relevance. From this, we construct what might have been overheard during a conversation between Marcel Proyce and James Joust almost a century ago.
AB - Two of the most influential thinkers of the last century, Marcel Proust (1871-1922) and James Joyce (1882-1941), met in 1922 but had little to say to each other. Had circumstances been different, what might they have said? They had much in common, including an interest in doctors and diseases, but from different perspectives. Although the meeting was a lost opportunity to explore the insights of two great analysts of the human condition, their lives and works provide a record rich in detail and timeless in relevance. From this, we construct what might have been overheard during a conversation between Marcel Proyce and James Joust almost a century ago.
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U2 - 10.1353/pbm.2012.0008
DO - 10.1353/pbm.2012.0008
M3 - Article
C2 - 22643723
AN - SCOPUS:84857809731
SN - 0031-5982
VL - 55
SP - 155
EP - 161
JO - Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
JF - Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
IS - 1
ER -