Author: Maslen, R. W.

Source: The Yearbook of English Studies, Volume 38, Numbers 1-2, 1 July 2008 , pp. 119-135(17)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

Abstract:

William Bullein's Dialogue against the Fever Pestilence (1564) is widely recognized as one of the most successful literary experiments of its period. This chapter sets the book in the context of Bullein's work as a Protestant writer, physician, and social reformer. It identifies dialogue as a major Tudor genre, giving voice to a range of otherwise voiceless social classes and competing ideological positions at a time of fierce controversy over politics and religion. And it proposes that Bullein meant his medical dialogues to be instrumental in healing the body of the English commonwealth from the ills brought on by social and religious corruption.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: University of Glasgow

Publication date: 2008-07-01

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