Title: Medical analogy in Latin satire
Description: "Offering fresh readings of numerous Neo-Latin texts, Medical Analogy in Latin Satire provides an introduction to medical issues in the tradition of Latin satire. The book explores what functions physical diseases and peculiarities had in early modern satires and how satire was considered as a form of healing instruction"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Latin Satire, Diseases in literature, History and criticism, Literature and medicine, Medicine in literature, Medicine in Literature, Modern Literature, Latin american fiction, history and criticism