Plague writing in early modern England / Ernest B. Gilman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilman, Ernest B., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Diseases and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Diseases and literature.

Plague in literature.

Epidemics in literature.

Diseases in literature.

Plague--Political aspects.

Plague.

Plague--Religious aspects.

Plague--England--History--17th century.

Epidemics--England--History--17th century.

Epidemics.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the seventeenth century, England was beset by three epidemics of the bubonic plague, each outbreak claiming between a quarter and a third of the population of London and other urban centers. Surveying a wide range of responses to these epidemics-sermons, medical tracts, pious exhortations, satirical pamphlets, and political commentary-Plague Writing in Early Modern England brings to life the many and complex ways Londoners made sense of such unspeakable devastation.Ernest B. Gilman argues that the plague writing of the period attempted unsuccessfully to ration

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The View from the Mountain

Chapter 1. Diagnosing Plague Narratives

Chapter 2. The Plague and the Word

Chapter 3. Jonson, Regime Change, and the Plague of 1603

Chapter 4. Here Lies Ben Jonson

Chapter 5. John Donne: Translating the Plague

Chapter 6. Writing the "Great Plague": Pepys and Defoe

Conclusion. The View from Here

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612239595

9781282239593

1282239597

9780226294117

0226294110

OCLC:

434595793