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Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England

Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England



Author: Margaret Healy
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0333963997



Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England: Bodies, Plagues and Politics


How did early modern people imagine their bodies? What impact did the new disease syphilis and recurrent outbreaks of plague have on these mental landscapes? Why was the glutted belly such a potent symbol of pathology? Ranging from the Reformation through the English Civil War, Fictions of Disease is a unique study of a fascinating cultural imaginary of "disease" and its political consequences. Medical books Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England. Medical books Fictions Of Disease In Early Modern England: Bodies, Plagues And Poli. Hardcover. author margaret healy format hardback language english publication year 07 11 2001 subject literature poetry criticism subject 2 literary criticism fictions of disease in early modern england bodies plagues and politics by published by palgrave macmillan not quite what you re looking for see more books in culture institutions or sciences social and behavioural all free uk delivery on everything not even the right subject see books in arts design and entertainment business and commerce computing

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author margaret healy format hardback language english publication year 07 11 2001 subject literature poetry criticism subject 2 literary criticism fictions of disease in early modern england bodies plagues and politics by published by palgrave macmillan not quite what you re looking for see more books in culture institutions or sciences social and behavioural all free uk delivery on everything not even the right subject see books in arts design and entertainment business and commerce computing

Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England Bodies, Plagues and Politics, ISBN-13: 9780333963999, ISBN-10: 0333963997

Categories: Literature and medicine, Plague in literature, Medicine in literature. Contributors: Margaret Healy - Author. Format: Hardcover

Palgrave Macmillan | 2001 | 296 pages | ISBN-13: 9780333963999 | ISBN-10: 0333963997 | You save 10%



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Healy's original approach illuminates the period's disease-impregnated literature, including works by Shakespeare, Heywood, Milton, Dekker, and others.


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