Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England : Ravenous Natures

Skuse, Alanna

Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine

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Many of the ways in which medical practitioners and lay people imagined cancer – as a 'woman's disease' or a 'beast' inside the body – remain strikingly familiar, and they helped to make this disease a byword for treachery and cruelty in discussions of religion, culture and politics.

Utgivelsesdato:

28.10.2015
ISBN:

9781137487520
Språk:

, Engelsk
Forlag:
Palgrave Macmillan
Fagtema:

, Litteratur
Serie:

Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Litteraturtype:

Sakprosa
Utgave:

1st ed. 2015
Sider:

219
Høyde:

14.9 cm
Bredde:

22.4 cm