Richard Sugg

Gebundenes Buch

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires

The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians

Beschreibung

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, which saw kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribe, swallow or wear human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin in an attempt to heal themselves.

Autor

Richard Sugg is lecturer in Renaissance Literature at the University of Durham. His previous publications include: John Donne (Palgrave, 2007), Murder After Death (Cornell, 2007), The Smoke of the Soul (Palgrave, 2013), and The Secret History of the Soul (Cambridge Scholars, 2013). He has just completed his sixth book, The Real Vampires.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9781138933989
• ISBN-10: 1138933988
• Artikelnr.: 43028413