The Purple island and anatomy in early seventeenth-century literature, philosophy, and theology / Peter Mitchell.

Madison, [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2007], ©2007.

718 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [632]-656) and index.