Poison's Dark Works in Renaissance England /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, Miranda, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Poisons in literature.
Poisoning in literature.
Murder in literature.
Poisons dans la littérature.
Meurtre dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Early modern
Murder in literature
Poisoning in literature
Poisons in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Discovering poison
  • Visible proofs and works of darkness: poison and the desire for certainty
  • Speaking for the corpse: physicians, autopsies, and the unknowing dead
  • Narratives of history and the virtues of poison
  • Watching flesh: poison and the fantasy of temporal control.

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