An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writ
First published in 1984, Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England traces how and why the modern reaction to death has come about by examining En
Illness in childhood was common in early modern England. Hannah Newton asks how sick children were perceived and treated by doctors and laypeople, examines the
Death is not only the final moment of life, it also casts a huge shadow on human society at large. People throughout time have had to cope with death as an exis
This book provides a penetrating account of death and disease in early modern England. Using a wide range of sources for the southeast of England, the author hi