Medicine and the Seven Deadly Sins in Late Medieval Literature and Culture

By Virginia Langum

Table of Contents

MEDICINE, SIN AND LANGUAGE

Medicine as Metaphor

Medicine as Metonymy

Medicine as Material

Metaphor as Medicine

PRIDE

Metaphorical Pride

Metonymic Pride

Material Pride

ENVY

Metaphorical Envy

Metonymic Envy

Material Envy

WRATH

Metaphorical Wrath

Metonymic Wrath

Material Wrath

AVARICE

Metaphorical Avarice

Metonymic Avarice

Material Avarice

SLOTH

Metaphorical Sloth

Metonymic Sloth

Material Sloth

GLUTTONY

Metaphorical Gluttony

Metonymic Gluttony

Material Gluttony

LECHERY

Metaphorical Lechery

Metonymic Lechery

Material Lechery

CONCLUSION

NOTES

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137465581
• ISBN13: 9781137465580
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.6"