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The Purple island and anatomy in early seventeenth-century literature, philosophy, and theology / Peter Mitchell.
- Mitchell, Peter, 1968-
- Date
- [2007], ©2007
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Madison, [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2007], ©2007.
Physical description
718 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [632]-656) and index.
Contents
Conceptual metaphors of the "Isle of man" -- The creative metaphor of the "Isle of man" -- Creation, mortality, and salvation -- Hermeneutics and intertextuality -- The literary context -- The form of stanza and margin -- Questions of provenance and conceptual character -- The heart, veins, and arteries -- Lectures and demonstrations in the anatomy theater.
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineDA.AI.AA6Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 0838640184
- 9780838640180