Alison Bumke

John Donne's Language of Disease

Eloquent Blood

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

John Donne's Language of Disease reveals the influence of medical knowledge -- a rapidly changing field in early modern England -- on Donne's thinking and writing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9781032448770
• ISBN-10: 1032448776
• Artikelnr.: 67258411

Autorenporträt

Alison Bumke is Assistant Professor of Seventeenth-Century Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Conventions and Notes
Introduction: Exploring Donne's Dynamic Comparisons
PART I
1 More Than Skin Deep: Dissecting Donne's Imagery of Humours
2 Cures and Currency in Donne's Letters to Patrons
3 Swollen Desires: Dropsy and Donne's Writing
PART II
4 'We May Have Recourse': Describing Illness in Donne's Devotions
5 'Sinfull Inough to Infect': Donne's Imagery of Contagion
6 'Holy Perfume': The Fragrance of Cures in Donne's Sermons
Conclusion: 'How Lame a Picture': Depicting the Sick Body
Bibliography
Index