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

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

Healy, M.

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Medical ReferenceLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0333963997
ISBN13: 9780333963999
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 7 2001
Pages: 277
Weight: 1.53
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.36 Depth: 9.54
Language: English
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 in Early Modern England is a unique study of a fascinating cultural imaginary of 'disease' and its political consequences. Healy's original approach illuminates the period's disease-impregnated literature, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Dekker, Heywood and others.

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