Wounds, Flesh, And Metaphor In Seventeenth-Century England

Wounds, Flesh and Metaphor in Seventeenth-Century England explores the theme of physical and symbolic woundedness in mid-seventeenth century English literature. This book demonstrates the ways in which writers attempted to represent the politically and re

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WOUNDS, FLESH, AND METAPHOR IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND

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WOUNDS, FLESH, AND METAPHOR IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND

WOUNDS, FLESH, AND METAPHOR IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND Copyright © Sarah Covington, 2009. All rights reserved.

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Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

One

The Wounded Body Politic

19

Two

Law’s Breakages

55

Three The Wounds of War

83

Four

The Lesions of Love

117

Five

Wounds of the Soul

145

Conclusion

175

Notes

181

Bibliography

219

Index

235

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