Popular medicine, hysterical disease, and social controversy in Shakespeare's England / by Kaara Peterson.

Author/creator Peterson, Kaara L.
Format Book
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.
Descriptionviii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism.
Medicine in literature.
Hysteria in literature.
Women patients--England. --History. --16th century.
Women patients--England. --History. --17th century.
Literature and medicine--England. --History. --16th century.
Literature and medicine--England. --History. --17th century.
Medicine--England. --History. --16th century.
Medicine--England. --History. --17th century.
Medicine in Literature--England.
History of Medicine--England.
History, 16th Century--England.
History, 17th Century--England.
Hysteria--history. --England.
Patients--history. --England.
Social Conditions--history. --England.
Women--history. --England.

SeriesLiterary and scientific cultures of early modernity
Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity. ^A585867
Contents Introduction: historica passio: the fit of history -- Early modern medicine and the case history of King Lear -- "So troubled with the mother": dying to live -- "The ink of lovers": revenge tragedy's blood letters -- "Mocked with art" and playing dead: the theatrics of hysterica passio -- Epilogue: Hermione's legacy, or hysteria after 1700.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009045503
ISBN9780754669937 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0754669939 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780754698234 (ebook : alk. paper)
ISBN0754698238 (ebook : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR438.M43 P47 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold