Chapter 2. The Plague and the Word

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction. The View from the Mountain 1
6. Chapter 1. Diagnosing Plague Narratives 27
7. Chapter 2. The Plague and the Word 71
8. Chapter 3. Jonson, Regime Change, and the Plague of 1603 127
9. Chapter 4. Here Lies Ben Jonson 163
10. Chapter 5. John Donne: Translating the Plague 189
11. Chapter 6. Writing the “Great Plague”: Pepys and Defoe 215
12. Conclusion. The View from Here 245
13. Works Cited 257
14. Index 269