Overview
- Examines the literary culture/history of one of the most virulent, deadly, and certainly best-known plagues ever to hit London
- Touches on aspects and methodologies from book history, manuscript and print culture, as well as Early Modern medical culture
- Draws on a wide variety of source material, from canonical works to medical records
Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)
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Book Title: The Literary Culture of Plague in Early Modern England
Authors: Kathleen Miller
Series Title: Early Modern Literature in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51057-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51056-3Published: 20 July 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51057-0Published: 06 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-5919
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5927
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 244
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Literary History, British and Irish Literature