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The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Kathleen Miller

    1. Salem, USA

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  • 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

Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 1-23

  3. Continuities in Plague Writing

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 25-55

  4. Medical Debates on Plague

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 57-93

  5. Plague and Nonconformity

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 95-129

  6. Katherine Austen’s Reckoning with Plague in Book M

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 131-159

  7. Pestilence and War

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 161-181

  8. Pestilential Poesies

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 183-210

  9. Conclusion: Recalling the Plague of 1665 in Later Literary Culture

    • Kathleen Miller
    Pages 211-217

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 219-244
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Salem, USA

    Kathleen Miller

About the author

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.

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