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Poison's dark works in Renaissance England / Miranda Wilson.
Van Pelt Library PR418.P64 W55 2014
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR418.P64 W55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Miranda, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Poisons in literature.
- Poisoning in literature.
- Murder in literature.
- Physical Description:
- lvii, 199 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg [Pennsylvania] : Bucknell University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Discovering poison
- Visible proofs and works of darkness: poison and the desire for certainty
- Speaking for the corpse: physicians, autopsies, and the unknowing dead
- Narratives of history and the virtues of poison
- Watching flesh: poison and the fantasy of temporal control.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611485387
- 161148538X
- OCLC:
- 857879232
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