Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England
Subtitle: Bodies, Plagues and Politics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780333963999
Subjects: History of medicine; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; United Kingdom, Great Britain; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; History; Social Science / General; Diseases; General; 16th century; 17th century; Early modern, 1500-1700; England; English literature; History and criticism; Literature and medicine
First sentence: A recurring motif from medieval and early modern writings is the human body as a fortified (materially and/or spiritually) yet vulnerable enclosure - castle, ship, city or temple - threatened constantly by 'enimie' incursions which can only be averted through sound and vigilant regimen.