Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England: Bodies, Plagues and Politics

How did early modern people imagine their bodies? What impact did the new disease syphilis and recurrent outbreaks of plague have on these mental landscapes? Why was the glutted belly such a potent symbol of pathology? Ranging from the Reformation through the English Civil War, Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England is a unique study of a fascinating cultural imaginary of 'disease' and its political consequences. Healy's original approach illuminates the period's disease-impregnated literature, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Dekker, Heywood and others.

Author: M. Healy
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/07/2001
Pages: 277
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.36w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780333963999

About the Author
MARGARET HEALY is a Lecturer in English at the University of Sussex. She has published a study of Shakespeare's Richard II, and many articles on early modern literature, medicine and art.