{"product_id":"the-plague-in-print-essential-elizabethan-sources-1558-1603-paperback","title":"The Plague in Print: Essential Elizabethan Sources, 1558-1603 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Totaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Plague in Print\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebecca Totaro takes the reader into the world of plague-riddled Elizabethan England, documenting the development of distinct subgenres related to the plague and providing unprecedented access to important original sources of early modern plague writing. Totaro elucidates the interdisciplinary nature of plague writing, which raises religious, medical, civic, social, and individual concerns in early modern England. Each of the primary texts in the collection offers a glimpse into a particular subgenre of plague writing, beginning with Thomas Moulton's plague remedy and prayers published by the Church of England and devoted to the issue of the plague. William Bullein's \u003ci\u003eA Dialogue, both pleasant and pietyful\u003c\/i\u003e, a work that both addresses concerns related to the plague and offers humorous literary entertainment, exemplifies the multilayered nature of plague literature. The plague orders of Queen Elizabeth I highlight the community-wide attempts to combat the plague and deal with its manifold dilemmas. And after a plague bill from the Corporation of London, the collection ends with Thomas Dekker's \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Year\u003c\/i\u003e, which illustrates plague literature as it was fully formed, combining attitudes toward the plague from both the Elizabethan and Stuart periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese writings offer a vivid picture of important themes particular to plague literature in England, providing valuable insight into the beliefs and fears of those who suffered through bubonic plague while illuminating the cultural significance of references to the plague in the more familiar early modern literature by Spenser, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, and others. As a result, \u003ci\u003eThe Plague in Print\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars in a number of fields, including sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, cultural studies, medical humanities, and the history of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Totaro\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSuffering in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Representing the Plague in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the Folger Institute Year-Long Colloquium \"Vernacular Health and Healing\" (2007-08), she was awarded a short-term fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library for her work on early modern meteorology and physiology, and recently received the 2010 Monroe Kirk Spears Award for the best essay of the year published in \u003ci\u003eSEL Studies in English Literary Studies 1500-1900\u003c\/i\u003e for her essay, \"Securing Sleep in Hamlet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729390014527,"sku":"9780271087283","price":71.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e4dd7c5e43cd35f26b0e61b9b48078c2.webp?v=1765122018","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-plague-in-print-essential-elizabethan-sources-1558-1603-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}