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Envy's pathology: Historical contexts

2017-05-23

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This article is concerned with the physicality of envy primarily in early –modern, but also in eighteenth-century health contexts. The discussion brings together descriptions of the effects of envy on the body of the envier, mainly from works of physiology and health preservation, but also from literary and spiritual writings. These depictions of envy are studied beyond their symbolism and with a view to establish...

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Literature Corpus work: 9f188152-41d3-57b0-be07-07dcb0d28809
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.10415.2

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