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The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England
Kathleen Miller
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Description for The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England
Hardback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 245 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137510563
SKU
V9781137510563
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About Kathleen Miller
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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