170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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John Donne’s Language of Disease reveals the influence of medical knowledge – a rapidly changing field in early modern England – on the poetry and prose of John Donne (1572–1631). This knowledge played a crucial role in shaping how Donne understood his everyday experiences, and how he conveyed those experiences in his work. Examining a wide range of his texts through the lens of medical... Read more
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
Biography
Alison Bumke is Assistant Professor of Seventeenth-Century Literature and Drama at the University of Nottingham.
