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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255228803321

Autore

Miller Kathleen

Titolo

The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England / / by Kathleen Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137510570

1137510579

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Early Modern Literature in History, , 2634-5927

Disciplina

820.93561

Soggetti

European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600

Literature - History and criticism

European literature

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature

Literary History

European Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.-.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the literary culture that emerged during and in the aftermath of the Great Plague of London (1665). Textual transmission impacted upon and simultaneously was impacted by the events of the plague. This book examines the role of print and manuscript cultures on representations of the disease through micro-histories and case studies of writing from that time, interpreting the place of these media and the construction of authorship during the outbreak. 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.