The Purple island and anatomy in early seventeenth-century literature, philosophy, and theology / Peter Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Peter, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fletcher, Phineas, 1582-1650. Purple island.

Fletcher, Phineas.

Human anatomy in literature.

Human body in literature.

Allegory.

Metaphor in literature.

Human anatomy--History--17th century.

Human anatomy.

Anatomy--history.

Medicine in Literature.

History, 17th Century.

Poetry as Topic--history.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Anatomy--history.

Medicine in Literature.

History, 17th Century.

Poetry as Topic--history.

Physical Description:

718 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, [NJ] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Conceptual metaphors of the "Isle of man"

The creative metaphor of the "Isle of man"

Creation, mortality, and salvation

Hermeneutics and intertextuality

The literary context

The form of stanza and margin

Questions of provenance and conceptual character

The heart, veins, and arteries

Lectures and demonstrations in the anatomy theater.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [632]-656) and index.

ISBN:

0838640184

9780838640180

OCLC:

65207019