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Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture /

The human body, traded, fragmented and ingested is at the centre of Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture , which explores the connections between early modern literary representations of the eaten body and the medical consumption of corpses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noble, Louise (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Early modern cultural studies.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
History of Medicine.
History of Science.
Intellectual Studies.
Medieval Literature.
British literature.
History.
Intellectual life > History.
Literature, Medieval.
Literature, Modern.
Medicine > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The human body, traded, fragmented and ingested is at the centre of Medicinal Cannibalism in Early Modern English Literature and Culture , which explores the connections between early modern literary representations of the eaten body and the medical consumption of corpses.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
ISBN:9780230118614
DOI:10.1057/9780230118614