
Wounds, Flesh, and Metaphor in Seventeenth-Century England
by S. Covington
Title:
Wounds, Flesh, and Metaphor in Seventeenth-Century England
Author:
S. Covington
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
252 pages, X, 252 p.
Publisher:
Springer Nature B.V.
ISBN-13:
9780230616011
EAN:
9780230616011
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
582
Dimensions (mm):
147 x 224 x 23
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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 religiously fractured state of the time and re-imagined the nation through language and metaphor in the process. By examining the creative permutations of the wound metaphor, Covington argues for the centrality of the charged imagery, and language itself, in shaping the self-representations of an age.










