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Miraculous plagues [electronic resource] : an epidemiology of early New England narrative / Cristobal Silva.
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xii, 239 p.).ISBN: 9780199896868 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Epidemics -- New England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources | Epidemics -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources | Epidemiology -- New England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources | Epidemics -- New England -- Historiography | Epidemics in literature | Narration (Rhetoric) -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 17th century | New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century -- SourcesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199743476DDC classification: 614.4974 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This title examines the forms and conventions of colonial epidemiology in order to re-imagine New England's early literary history as a function of the narrative, legal, and theological responses to regional and generational patterns of illness in the 17th and early 18th centuries.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This title examines the forms and conventions of colonial epidemiology in order to re-imagine New England's early literary history as a function of the narrative, legal, and theological responses to regional and generational patterns of illness in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.