Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Del i serien Early Modern Literature in History

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Beskrivning

This book is about the literary culture that emerged during and in the aftermath of the Great Plague of London (1665). The macabre history of plague in early modern England largely ended with the Great Plague of London, and the miscellany of plague writings that responded to the epidemic forms the subject of this book.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-07-20
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Early Modern Literature in History
Antal sidor:244
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137510563

Utforska kategorier

Medicinhistoria inom Medicin
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Kathleen Miller is Visiting Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. She completed her PhD at Trinity College Dublin, receiving a four-year PRTLI Trinity Long Room Hub Scholarship. She has worked as an adjunct lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway, lecturing on the body in Renaissance literature.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Continuities in Plague Writing.- 3. Medical Debates on Plague.- 4. Plague and Nonconformity.- 5. Katharine Austen's Reckoning with Plague in Book M.- 6. Pestilence and War.- 7. Pestilential Poesies.- 8. Conclusion: Recalling the Plague of 1665 in Later Literary Culture.- Bibliography.- Index.-