The Surgeon in Medieval English Literature

Jeremy Citrome, Jeremy J Citrome, J Citrome (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

191 Seiten

2014 | 2006 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-73459-7 (ISBN)

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Jeremy Citrome employs the language of contemporary psychoanalysis to explain how surgical metaphors became an important tool of ecclesiastical power in the wake of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. Pastoral, theological, recreational, and medical writings are among the texts discussed in this wide-ranging study.

PART ONE: MEDICINE AS METAPHOR Introduction: Medieval Surgery and the Social Power of Metaphor The Wounds of Sin PART TWO: DAMNATION AND SALVATION Surgery as Damnation: Cleanness Surgery as Salvation: The Siege of Jerusalem PART THREE: SURGERY AND SELFHOOD Surgery and the Surgeon: The Practica of John Arderne Surgery and the Priest: The Penitential Poetry of John Audelay Surgery and the Secular Reader: "Betere is hire medycyn" Conclusion: Whole and Sound?

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	The New Middle Ages
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Schlagworte	language • Medicine • Middle Ages • Psychoanalysis • Surgery
ISBN-10	1-349-73459-4 / 1349734594
ISBN-13	978-1-349-73459-7 / 9781349734597
Zustand	Neuware