An edition of Suffering in paradise (2005)

Suffering in paradise

the bubonic plague in English literature from More to Milton

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An edition of Suffering in paradise (2005)

Suffering in paradise

the bubonic plague in English literature from More to Milton

"In this book, Rebecca Totaro provides a unique and timely discussion of the bubonic plague as it shaped literature in England from 1500 through the first half of the eighteenth century."--Jacket.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
242

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Table of Contents

Suffering in plague-time
The best practices for change
Thomas More's pestilence in parentheses
Breath infect breath : plague in Shakespeare's Timon of Athens
What a great loss in hope? : Jonson's the Alchemist
Plague in the foundation : building toward the New Atlantis
Fly from that pestilent destruction : Margaret Cavendish's prescriptions
Fables and fancies : the style of hope in Bacon and Cavendish
The rectification of air and the pursuit of paradise.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.

Published in
Pittsburgh, Pa
Series
Medieval & Renaissance literary studies, Medieval and Renaissance literary studies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
820.9/3561
Library of Congress
PR408.P62 T68 2005, PR408.P62T68 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 242 p. :
Number of pages
242

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3297968M
ISBN 10
0820703621
LCCN
2004024178
OCLC/WorldCat
57124067
LibraryThing
4070558
Goodreads
1589655

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5719416W

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