Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England : Ravenous Natures

Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England Ravenous Natures

This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. Cancer is perhaps the modern world's most feared disease. Yet, we know relatively little about this malady's history before the nineteenth century. This book provides the first in-depth examination of perceptions of cancerous disease in early...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skuse, Alanna. author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine,
Subjects:
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600.
European literature.
Science > History.
History, Modern.
Europe > History.
Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
European Literature.
History of Science.
Modern History.
European History.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427391906719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half-Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Referencing Conventions
  • Introduction
  • 1 What Was Cancer? Definition,Diagnosis and Cause
  • 2 Cancer and the Gendered Body
  • 3 'It Is, Say Some, of a Ravenous Nature':Zoomorphic Images of Cancer
  • 4 Cancerous Growth andMalignancy
  • 5 Wolves' Tongues and Mercury: Pharmaceutical Cures for Cancer
  • 6 'Cannot You Use a Loving Violence?': Cancer Surgery
  • Conclusion: 'Death Is Only Their Desire'
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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