Fear in the Medical and Literary Imagination, Medieval to Modern Dre
This book is about an emotion constantly present in human culture and history: fear. It is also a book about literature and medicine, two areas of human endeavour that engage with fear most acutely. The essays in this volume explore fear in various litera
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Fear in the Medical and Literary Imagination, Medieval to Modern Dreadful Passions EDITED BY DANIEL MCCANN AND CLAIRE MCKECHNIE-MASON
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Series Editors Sharon Ruston Department of English and Creative Writing Lancaster University Lancaster, UK Alice Jenkins School of Critical Studies University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK Catherine Belling Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago, IL, USA
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine is an exciting new series that focuses on one of the most vibrant and interdisciplinary areas in literary studies: the intersection of literature, science and medicine. Comprised of academic monographs, essay collections, and Palgrave Pivot books, the series will emphasize a historical approach to its subjects, in conjunction with a range of other theoretical approaches. The series will cover all aspects of this rich and varied field and is open to new and emerging topics as well as established ones. Editorial Board Steven Connor, Professor of English, University of Cambridge, UK Lisa Diedrich, Associate Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, USA Kate Hayles, Professor of English, Duke University, USA Peter Middleton, Professor of English, University of Southampton, UK Sally Shuttleworth, Professorial Fellow in English, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK Susan Squier, Professor of Women's Studies and English, Pennsylvania State University, USA Martin Willis, Professor of English, University of Westminster, UK. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14613
Daniel McCann Claire McKechnie-Mason Editors
Fear in the Medical and Literary Imagination, Medieval to Modern Dreadful Passions
Editors Daniel McCann Lincoln College University of Oxford Oxford, UK
Claire McKechnie-Mason Glasgow Centre for Population Health Glasgow, UK
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine ISBN 978-1-137-55947-0 ISBN 978-1-137-55948-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55948-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018934658 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations
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