02616nam 2200613 450 991078760730332120200520144314.01-61148-539-8(CKB)2670000000523107(EBL)1629219(SSID)ssj0001112936(PQKBManifestationID)12507971(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112936(PQKBWorkID)11179586(PQKB)10651009(MiAaPQ)EBC1629219(Au-PeEL)EBL1629219(CaPaEBR)ebr10907238(CaONFJC)MIL584918(OCoLC)870587052(EXLCZ)99267000000052310720140818h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPoison's dark works in renaissance England /Miranda WilsonLanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :Bucknell University Press :Rowman & Littlefield,2014.©20141 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61148-817-6 1-61148-538-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Editorial Notes; Introduction; Chapter One: Visible Proofs and Works of Darkness; Chapter Two: Speaking for the Corpse; Chapter Three: Narratives of History and the Virtues of Poison; Chapter Four: Watching Flesh; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorPoison's Dark Works in Renaissance England explores the ways English writings about poisoning prompted new ways of thinking about the world. Placing medical, legal, technical, and scientific texts in conversation with literary ones, this work argues that as crime of the imagination, poisoning serves as a powerful metaphor for the dangers, pleasures, and possibilities of innovation. English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismPoisons in literaturePoisoning in literatureMurder in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Poisons in literature.Poisoning in literature.Murder in literature.820.9/3561Wilson Miranda1968-1498439MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787607303321Poison's dark works in renaissance England3724000UNINA