Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England

Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England
Author: M. Healy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2001-11-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230510647

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.

The Dyaloge Called Funus

The Dyaloge Called Funus
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: Renaissance English Text Society
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1969
Genre: Death
ISBN: 9780226214832

Emblemes

Emblemes
Author: Francis Quarles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1660
Genre: Emblem books
ISBN:

Disease and Representation

Disease and Representation
Author: Sander L. Gilman
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2019-05-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1501745808

Sander L. Gilman, whose pioneering work on the history of stereotypes has become a model for scholars in many fields, here examines the images that society creates of disease and its victims.

The English Malady

The English Malady
Author: George 1673-1743 Cheyne
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781013825248

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