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" Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture "
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BL
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Record Number
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600239
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b429458
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Main Entry
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Langum, Virginia.
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Title & Author
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Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture
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Series Statement
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The new Middle Ages
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Page. NO
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1 online resource.
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ISBN
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9781137449900
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: 113744990X
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9781349690862
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1349690864
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9781137465580
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
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Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Concepts andTerms; Medieval; Medicine; The Seven Deadly Sins; Literature andCulture; Outline; Notes; Chapter 2: Medicine, Sin, andLanguage; Medicine asMetaphor; Medicine asMetonymy; Medicine asMaterial; Metaphor asMedicine; 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
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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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Abstract
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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
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Subject
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Medicine, Medieval-- History.
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Subject
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Literature and medicine.
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Subject
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Literature and morals.
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Subject
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Medicine, Medieval, in literature.
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Dewey Classification
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610.902
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LC Classification
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R141
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Added Entry
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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