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Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England: Ravenous Natures - Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine 1st ed. 2015 edition
Alanna Skuse
Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England: Ravenous Natures - Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine 1st ed. 2015 edition
Alanna Skuse
Many of the ways in which medical practitioners and lay people imagined cancer - as a 'woman's disease' or a 'beast' inside the body - remain strikingly familiar, and they helped to make this disease a byword for treachery and cruelty in discussions of religion, culture and politics.
219 pages, 15 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 219 p. 15 illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 28, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9781137569196 |
Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 219 |
Dimensions | 215 × 140 × 27 mm · 267 g |