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The Purple island and anatomy in early seventeenth-century literature, philosophy, and theology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Peter, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison, [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Fletcher, Phineas, > 1582-1650. > Purple island.
Human anatomy in literature.
Human body in literature.
Allegory.
Metaphor in literature.
Human anatomy > History > 17th century.
Anatomy > history.
Medicine in Literature.
History, 17th Century.
Poetry as Topic > history.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Conceptual metaphors of the "Isle of man"
  • The creative metaphor of the "Isle of man"
  • Creation, mortality, and salvation
  • Hermeneutics and intertextuality
  • The literary context
  • The form of stanza and margin
  • Questions of provenance and conceptual character
  • The heart, veins, and arteries
  • Lectures and demonstrations in the anatomy theater.