| Shakespeare's Medical Language: A Dictionary Contributor(s): Iyengar, Sujata (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472520408 ISBN-13: 9781472520401 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $52.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Series: Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.45 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Physicians, readers and scholars have long been fascinated by Shakespeare's medical language and the presence or mentioning of healers, wise women, surgeons and doctors in his work. This dictionary includes ailments, general medical concepts (elements, humours, spirits) and cures and therapies (ranging from blood-letting to herbal medicines) in Shakespeare, but also body parts, bodily functions, and entries on 'the pathological body' taking into account recent critical work on the early modern body. It will provide a comprehensive guide for those needing to understand specific references in the plays, in particular, archaic diagnoses or therapies ('choleric', 'tub-fast') and words that have changed their meanings ('phlegmatic', 'urinal'); those who want to learn more about early modern medical concepts ('elements', 'humors'); and those who might have questions about the embodied experience of living in Shakespeare's England. Entries reveal what terms and concepts might mean in the context of Shakespeare's plays, and the significance that a particular disease, body part or function has in individual plays and the Shakespearean corpus at large. |
Contributor Bio(s): Iyengar, Sujata: - Sujata Iyengar is Professor of English at the University of Georgia, USA. She is author of Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England (2004).Clark, Sandra: - Sandra Clark is Professor Emeritus of Renaissance Literature, Birkbeck, University of London, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London |