The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England
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 th...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2016.
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| Colección: | Early Modern Literature in History.
Springer eBooks. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35663145*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.-.
