Beyond the Body: The Boundaries of Medicine and English Renaissance Drama

ISBN-13: 9781558494824 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 304 str.

William Kerwin

Opis

Kerwin (English, U. of Missouri, Columbia) offers five case studies in his consideration of how the field of medicine and its boundaries were affected by culture in the Renaissance, especially drama. Incorporating recent research on medical history and anthropology, he examines portrayals of five groups: drug sellers, women practitioners, surgical