The Surgeon in Medieval English Literature

by Jeremy J. Citrome

Jeremy Citrome employs the language of contemporary psychoanalysis to explain how surgical metaphors became an important tool of ecclesiastical power in the wake of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. Pastoral, theological, recreational, and medical writings are among the texts discussed in this wide-ranging study.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403968462
• ISBN13: 9781403968463
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"