Smallpox and the literary imagination, 1660–1820
Auteur :
Shuttleton, David E.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107406483
Date de publication :
16 août 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
380 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is a substantial critical study of the literary representation of smallpox and its victims. David Shuttleton draws upon works by Dryden, Johnson, Steele, Goldsmith and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to uncover the different ways writers found to come to terms with the terror of disease and death.