Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture.
Langum, Virginia.
2016
R141
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Title Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture.
Author Langum, Virginia.
ISBN 9781137449900 (electronic book)
113744990X (electronic book)
9781349690862
1349690864
9781137465580
Publication Details [New York] : Palgrave Macmillan 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number R141
Dewey Decimal Classification 610.902
Summary This book considers how scientists, theologians, priests, and poets approached the relationship of the human body and ethics in the later Middle Ages. Is medicine merely a metaphor for sin? Or can certain kinds of bodies physiologically dispose people to be angry, sad, or greedy? If so, then is it their fault? Virginia Langum offers an account of the medical imagery used to describe feelings and actions in religious and literary contexts, referencing a variety of behavioral discussions within medical contexts. The study draws upon medical and theological writing for its philosophical basis, and upon more popular works of religion, as well as poetry, to show how these themes were articulated, explored, and questioned more widely in medieval culture.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series New Middle Ages.
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Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Concepts andßTerms; Medieval; Medicine; The Seven Deadly Sins; Literature andßCulture; Outline; Notes; Chapter 2: Medicine, Sin, andßLanguage; Medicine asßMetaphor; Medicine asßMetonymy; Medicine asßMaterial; Metaphor asßMedicine; Notes; Chapter 3: Pride; Metaphorical Pride; Metonymic Pride; Material Pride; Notes; Chapter 4: Envy; Metaphorical Envy; Metonymic Envy; Material Envy; Notes; Chapter 5: Wrath; Metaphorical Wrath; Metonymic Wrath; Material Wrath; Notes; Chapter 6: Avarice; Metaphorical Avarice; Metonymic Avarice; Material Avarice.

NotesChapter 7: Sloth; Metaphorical Sloth; Metonymic Sloth; Material Sloth; Notes; Chapter 8: Gluttony; Metaphorical Gluttony; Metonymic Gluttony; Material Gluttony; Notes; Chapter 9: Lechery; Metaphorical Lechery; Metonymic Lechery; Material Lechery; Notes; Chapter 10: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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