Constructions of cancer in early modern England : ravenous natures /: ravenous natures. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alanna Skuse, Fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.
• Other Names: Skuse, Alanna, 1986-
• Contents: List Of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Referencing Conventions; Introduction; 1. What Was Cancer? Definition, Diagnosis And Cause; 2. Cancer And The Gendered Body; 3. 'It Is, Say Some, Of A Ravenous Nature': Zoomorphic Images Of Cancer; 4. Cancerous Growth And Malignancy; 5. Wolves'- Tongues And Mercury: Pharmaceutical Cures For Cancer; 6. 'Cannot You Use A Loving Violence?': Cancer Surgery; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages), (5 illustrations)
• Subjects: 362.19699/40094; Europe/General; Cancer -- Europe -- History; Oncology -- Europe -- History; Cancer -- Treatment -- Europe; HISTORY / Europe / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General; European/General; European/English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; History; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Literary studies: general
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137487544; 1137487542
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.