Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-267) and index.
Introduction: The view from the mountain -- Diagnosing plague narratives -- The plague and the word -- Jonson, regime change, and the plague of 1603 -- Here lies Ben Jonson -- John Donne : translating the plague -- Writing the "Great plague" : Pepys and Defoe -- Conclusion: The view from here.
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During the seventeenth century, England was beset by three epidemics of the bubonic plague, each outbreak claiming between a quarter and a third of the population of London and other urban centers. Surveying a wide range of responses to these epidemics-sermons, medical tracts, pious exhortations, satirical pamphlets, and political commentary-Plague Writing in Early Modern England brings to life the many and complex ways Londoners made sense of such unspeakable devastation.
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Plague writing in early modern England.
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Diseases and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Diseases in literature.
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
Epidemics-- England-- History-- 17th century.
Epidemics in literature.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.