Wounds, Flesh, and Metaphor in Seventeenth-Century England

Wounds, Flesh and Metaphor in Seventeenth-Century England explores the theme of physical and symbolic woundedness in mid-seventeenth century English literature. This book demonstrates the ways in which writers attempted to represent the politically and religiously fractured state of the time and re-imagined the nation through language and metaphor in the process. By examining the creative permutations of the wound metaphor, Covington argues for the centrality of the charged imagery, and language itself, in shaping the self-representations of an age.

Author: S. Covington
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/02/2009
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230616011

About the Author
SARAH COVINGTON is Associate Professor of History at Queens College, The City University of New York, USA.