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Autore |
Grigsby Bryon Lee |
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Titolo |
Pestilence in Medieval and early modern English literature / / Bryon Lee Grigsby |
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New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-88383-1 |
1-135-88384-X |
1-280-04985-5 |
0-203-50885-8 |
0-415-76266-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Medieval history and culture ; ; v. 23 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism |
Medicine in literature |
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
Literature and medicine - Great Britain - History |
Epidemics - Great Britain - History |
Diseases - Great Britain - History |
Medicine - Great Britain - History |
Plague - Great Britain - History |
Diseases in literature |
Plague in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 From Sophrosyne to Sin -- chapter 2 Leprosy, Bubonic Plague, and Syphilis -- chapter 3 Leprosy and Spiritual Sins in Medieval Literature -- chapter 4 Plague as Apocalypse in Medieval Literature -- chapter 5 Learning to Cope with Disease -- chapter 6 Leprosy and Syphilis in Early Modern Literature. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Pestilence in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature examines three diseases--leprosy, bubonic plague, and syphilis--to show how doctors, priests, and literary authors from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance interpreted certain illnesses through a moral filter. Lacking |
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