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Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe

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The ideological underpinnings of early modern theories of contagion are dissected in this volume by an integrated team of literary scholars, cultural historians, historians of medicine and art historians. Even today, the spread of disease inspires moralizing discourse and the ostracism of groups thought responsible for contagion; the fear of illness and the desire to make sense of it are demonstrated in the current preoccupation with HIV, SARS, 'mad cow' disease, West Nile virus and avian flu, to cite but a few contemporary examples. Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe explores the nature of understanding when humanity is faced with threats to its well-being, if not to its very survival.

Author Biography:

CLAIRE L. CARLIN is Associate Professor of French and Associate Dean of Humanities at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She is the author of Pierre Corneille Revisited (1998) and Women Reading Corneille (2000), and the editor, among other volumes, of Le Mariage Sous L'Ancien Regime. Her work on early modern marriage led to her interest in the history of medicine and the idea of contagion.
Release date NZ
October 26th, 2005
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Edition
2005 ed.
Illustrations
XII, 289 p.
Pages
289
Dimensions
138x216x21
ISBN-13
9781403939265
Product ID
2250178

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