03817nam 2200841Ia 450 991082725300332120200520144314.01-135-88383-11-135-88384-X1-280-04985-50-203-50885-80-415-76266-910.4324/9780203508855 (CKB)1000000000448446(SSID)ssj0000305848(PQKBManifestationID)11228726(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305848(PQKBWorkID)10294668(PQKB)11582418(MiAaPQ)EBC200854(Au-PeEL)EBL200854(CaPaEBR)ebr10093625(CaONFJC)MIL4985(OCoLC)808026921(OCoLC)647388039(EXLCZ)99100000000044844620030630d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPestilence in Medieval and early modern English literature /Bryon Lee Grigsby1st ed.New York Routledge2004xii, 201 pMedieval history and culture ;v. 23Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-415-96822-4 0-203-60569-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 knowledge about the transmission of contagious diseases, doctors and priests saw epidemic diseases as a punishment sent by God for human transgression. Accordingly, their job was to properly read sickness in relation to the sin. By examining different readings of specific illnesses, this book shows how the social construction of epidemic diseases formed a kind of narrative wherein man attempts to take the control of the disease out of God's hands by connecting epidemic diseases to the sins of carnality.Medieval history and culture ;v. 23.English literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismMedicine in literatureEnglish literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismLiterature and medicineGreat BritainHistoryEpidemicsGreat BritainHistoryDiseasesGreat BritainHistoryMedicineGreat BritainHistoryPlagueGreat BritainHistoryDiseases in literaturePlague in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Medicine in literature.English literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and medicineHistory.EpidemicsHistory.DiseasesHistory.MedicineHistory.PlagueHistory.Diseases in literature.Plague in literature.820.9/3561Grigsby Bryon Lee986174MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827253003321Pestilence in Medieval and early modern English literature4126790UNINA