Medical Analogy in Latin Satire
Book Details
Author(s)
Sari Kivistö
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN
0230228127
ISBN-13
9780230228122
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Sales Rank
#6,896,170
Category
Literary Criticism
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
Offering fresh readings of numerous Neo-Latin texts, Medical Analogy in Latin Satire provides an introduction to medical issues in the tradition of Latin satire. The book explores what functions physical diseases and peculiarities had in early modern satires and how satire was considered as a form of healing instruction.
