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Author:

Langum, Virginia, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017011474

Title:

Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture / Virginia Langum.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 236 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Medicine, Medieval--History.
Literature and medicine.
Literature and morals.
Medicine, Medieval, in literature.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference.
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL / Atlases.
MEDICAL / Essays.
MEDICAL / Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL / Osteopathy.
Literature and medicine.
Literature and morals.
Medicine, Medieval.
Medicine, Medieval, in literature.
History of Medicine.
History, Medieval.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201- 225) and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Concepts and Terms; Medieval; Medicine; The Seven Deadly Sins; Literature and Culture; Outline; Notes; Chapter 2: Medicine, Sin, and Language; Medicine as Metaphor; Medicine as Metonymy; Medicine as Material; Metaphor as Medicine; Notes; Chapter 3: Pride; Metaphorical Pride; Metonymic Pride; Material Pride; Notes; Chapter 4: Envy; Metaphorical Envy; Metonymic Envy; Material Envy; Notes; Chapter 5: Wrath; Metaphorical Wrath; Metonymic Wrath; Material Wrath; Notes; Chapter 6: Avarice; Metaphorical Avarice; Metonymic Avarice; Material Avarice
NotesChapter 7: Sloth; Metaphorical Sloth; Metonymic Sloth; Material Sloth; Notes; Chapter 8: Gluttony; Metaphorical Gluttony; Metonymic Gluttony; Material Gluttony; Notes; Chapter 9: Lechery; Metaphorical Lechery; Metonymic Lechery; Material Lechery; Notes; Chapter 10: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Series:

The new middle ages

ISBN:

1349690864
9781349690862
113744990X
9781137449900
1137465581
9781137465580

OCLC:

(OCoLC)961326795

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)