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Poison's dark works in renaissance England /
Poison's Dark Works in Renaissance England explores the ways English writings about poisoning prompted new ways of thinking about the world. Placing medical, legal, technical, and scientific texts in conversation with literary ones, this work argues that as crime of the imagination, poisoning s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England :
Bucknell University Press : Rowman & Littlefield,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Poison's Dark Works in Renaissance England explores the ways English writings about poisoning prompted new ways of thinking about the world. Placing medical, legal, technical, and scientific texts in conversation with literary ones, this work argues that as crime of the imagination, poisoning serves as a powerful metaphor for the dangers, pleasures, and possibilities of innovation. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611485394 1611485398 |