Smallpox and the literary imagination, 1660-1820
By: David E. Shuttleton.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780521872096
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.; Smallpox in literature.; Medicine in literature.; Smallpox -- History -- England.; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice -- England.; History, 17th Century -- England.; History, 18th Century -- England.; History, 19th Century -- England.
Description: This is the first critical study of the literary representation of smallpox and its victims between the Restoration and the development of inoculation against smallpox around 1800. It uncovers the cultural impact of smallpox, and the different ways writers found to come to terms with the terror of disease and death.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-259) and index.