The Purple Island and Anatomy in Early Seventeenth-century Literature, Philosophy, and Theology

Peter Mitchell

ਜਨ 2007 · Associated University Presse

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Sets out to reconstruct and analyze the rationality of Phineas Fletcher's use of figurality in The Purple Island (1633) - a poetic allegory of human anatomy. This book demonstrates that the analogies and metaphors of literary works share coherence and consistency with anatomy textbooks.