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Fictions of disease in early modern England
Literature and medicine
Body, Human, in literature
History, 17th Century
Human body in literature
Great britain, intellectual life
English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700
Medicine in Literature
History of Medicine
Politics and literature
Human body
Modern Literature
Intellectual life
English literature
History and criticism
History
"How did early modern people imagine their bodies? What impact did the new disease syphilis and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague have on these mental landscapes? Why was the glutted belly such a potent symbol of pathology? Fictions of Disease is a unique exploration of the stories laymen and ph…
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