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Darrera modificació: 2017-11-23
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Langum, Virginia, Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture, Nova York, Palgrave Macmillan (New Middle Ages), 2016, viii + 236 pp.
- Resum
- 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.
Contents:
* Chapter 1: Introduction; Concepts and Terms; Medieval; Medicine; The Seven Deadly Sins; Literature and Culture; Outline; Notes
* Chapter 2: Medicine, Sin, and Language; Medicine as Metaphor; Medicine as Metonymy; Medicine as Material; Metaphor as Medicine; 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; Notes
* Chapter 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
- Matèries
- Medicina
Religió - Teologia cristiana
Història de la literatura
Doctrina moral
- URL
- https://books.google.es/books?id=90QWDQAAQBAJ&lpg=P ...
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