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Words, stones, & herbs : the healing word in medieval and early modern England
- Title
- Words, stones, & herbs : the healing word in medieval and early modern England / Louise M. Bishop.
- Author
- Bishop, Louise M.
- Publication
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 276 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Medieval studies
- Uniform Title
- Medieval studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- Alternative Title
- Words, stones, and herbs
- Subjects
- Mind and body in literature
- Discourse analysis
- Medicine, Medieval > England
- Spiritual healing
- English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
- English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
- English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Medical English
- Reading > Psychological aspects
- Medicine in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-250) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : healing and the vernacular -- Galen's shadow: an outline of medieval medicine and healing -- The material shape of thought and word -- Metaphor, catharsis, pharmakon : words, stones, and herbs -- Vernacular science, vernacular poetry : dangerous reading -- Gendered healing : metaphor and practice -- The disease called "touch me not" : a fifteenth-century medical manuscript read in context -- Early modern medicine : self-help and state authority -- Conclusion : the subject of healing.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-349
- ISBN
- 9780815631248 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0815631243 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007021381
- OCLC
- 134992626
- Author
- Bishop, Louise M.
- Title
- Words, stones, & herbs : the healing word in medieval and early modern England / Louise M. Bishop.
- Imprint
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- Medieval studiesMedieval studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-250) and index.
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- Other Title
- Words, stones, and herbs
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-349