{"product_id":"blood-matters-9780812250213","title":"Blood Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The ambitious edited collection \u003ci\u003eBlood Matters\u003c\/i\u003e takes on a complicated task:mapping the conceptual terrain of blood (both as material and metaphor) in late medieval and early modern Europe . . . Reading the essays together offers an illuminating glimpse into the densely interlocking regimes of blood in medieval and early modern European culture.\" * \u003ci\u003eModern Philology\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful and coherent collection of essays that illuminates the various facets of a fascinating subject. It greatly enriches our sense of the meanings of blood and will have a major impact in medieval and Renaissance studies.\" * Michael Schoenfeldt, University of Michigan *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e —Bonnie Lander Johnson and Eleanor Decamp\u003cbr\u003e I. CIRCULATION\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Was the Heart \"Dethroned\"?: Harvey's Discoveries and the Politics of Blood, Heart, and Circulation\u003cbr\u003e —Margaret Healy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. \"The Lake of my Heart\": Blood, Containment, and the Boundaries of the Person in the Writing of Dante and Catherine of Siena\u003cbr\u003e —Heather Webb\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Sorting Pistol's Blood: Social Class and the Circulation of Character in Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003e2 Henry IV\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHenry V\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —Katharine Craik\u003cbr\u003e II. WOUNDS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Mantled in Blood: Shakespeare's Bloodstains and Early Modern Textile Culture\u003cbr\u003e —Hester Lees-Jeffries\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Rethinking Nosebleeds: Gendering Spontaneous Bleedings in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine\u003cbr\u003e —Gabriella Zuccolin and Helen King\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Screaming Bleeding Trees: Textual Wounding and the Epic Tradition\u003cbr\u003e —Joe Moshenska\u003cbr\u003e III. CORRUPTION\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Corruption, Generation, and the Problem of \u003ci\u003eMenstrua\u003c\/i\u003e in Early Modern Alchemy\u003cbr\u003e —Tara Nummedal\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Bloody Students: Youth, Corruption, and Discipline in the Medieval Classroom\u003cbr\u003e —Ben Parsons\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Blood, Milk, Poison: \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e's Tragedy of \"Green\" Desire and Corrupted Blood\u003cbr\u003e —Bonnie Lander Johnson\u003cbr\u003e IV. PROOF\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. \"In Every Wound there is a Bloody Tongue\": Cruentation in Early Modern Literature and Psychology\u003cbr\u003e —Lesel Dawson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. \"In such abundance … that it fill a Bason\": Early Modern Bleeding Bowls\u003cbr\u003e —Eleanor Decamp\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e and the Croxton \u003ci\u003ePlay of the Sacrament\u003c\/i\u003e: Blood and Belief in Early English Stagecraft\u003cbr\u003e —Elisabeth Dutton\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Simular Proof, Tragicomic Turns, and \u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e's Bloody Cloth\u003cbr\u003e —Patricia Parker\u003cbr\u003e V. SIGNS AND SUBSTANCE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Blood of the Grape\u003cbr\u003e —Frances E. Dolan\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. Blood on the Butcher's Knife: Images of Pig Slaughter in Late Medieval Illustrated Calendars\u003cbr\u003e —Dolly Jørgensen\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16. Queer Blood\u003cbr\u003e —Helen Barr\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405737402711,"sku":"9780812250213","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812250213.jpg?v=1730493437","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blood-matters-9780812250213","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}