The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England
Authors: Miller, Kathleen
Free Preview- Examines the literary culture/history of one of the most virulent, deadly, and certainly best-known plagues ever to hit London
- Touches on aspects and methodologies from book history, manuscript and print culture, as well as Early Modern medical culture
- Draws on a wide variety of source material, from canonical works to medical records
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- About this book
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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 the disease through micro-histories and case studies of writing from that time, interpreting the place of these media and the construction of authorship during the outbreak. The macabre history of plague in early modern England largely ended with the Great Plague of London, and the miscellany of plague writings that responded to the epidemic forms the subject of this book.
- About the authors
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Kathleen Miller is Visiting Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. She completed her PhD at Trinity College Dublin, receiving a four-year PRTLI Trinity Long Room Hub Scholarship. She has worked as an adjunct lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway, lecturing on the body in Renaissance literature.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-23
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Continuities in Plague Writing
Pages 25-55
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Medical Debates on Plague
Pages 57-93
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Plague and Nonconformity
Pages 95-129
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Katherine Austen’s Reckoning with Plague in Book M
Pages 131-159
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England
- Authors
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- Kathleen Miller
- Series Title
- Early Modern Literature in History
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-51057-0
- DOI
- 10.1057/978-1-137-51057-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-51056-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 244
- Number of Illustrations
- 5 b/w illustrations
- Topics
