{"product_id":"suffering-in-paradise-the-bubonic-plague-in-english-literary-studies-from-more-to-milton-hardcover","title":"Suffering in Paradise: The Bubonic Plague in English Literary Studies from More to Milton - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Totaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSuffering in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebecca Totaro provides a unique and timely discussion of the bubonic plague as it shaped Literary Studies in England from 1500 through the first half of the eighteenth century. Within the experience and accounts of bubonic plague, men and women found their own understanding of the body, of the human relationship with nature, and of the degree to which they had faith in their nation and their God. An early modern writer's reading of the plague shows us in detail what he or she believes to be the parameters within which life is lived. Focusing on the broadest of these parameters, Totaro examines hope and despair as displayed within a range of imaginary realms designed to include and control the bubonic plague. Each of the works in this study--Thomas More's \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e, William Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eTimon of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e, Ben Jonson's \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/i\u003e, Francis Bacon's \u003ci\u003eThe New Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, Margaret Cavendish's \u003ci\u003eThe Blazing World\u003c\/i\u003e, and John Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e--provides literary and English answers that cohere in stunning form and resonate today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Totaro is professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Plague in Print\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Representing the Plague in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the Folger Institute Year-Long Colloquium \"Vernacular Health and Healing\" (2007-08), she was awarded a short-term fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library for her work on early modern meteorology and physiology, and recently received the 2010 Monroe Kirk Spears Award for the best essay of the year published in \u003ci\u003eSEL Studies in English Literary Studies 1500-1900\u003c\/i\u003e for her essay, \"Securing Sleep in Hamlet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 251\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130387599495,"sku":"9780820703626","price":143.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/15b1981cf0f0dc0b9236f6f21dc86786.webp?v=1732610380","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/suffering-in-paradise-the-bubonic-plague-in-english-literary-studies-from-more-to-milton-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}