Popular Medicine, Hysterical Disease, and Social Controversy in Shakespeare's England

Kaara L. Peterson

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2010

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Explores early modern England's significant and sustained interest in the hysterical diseases of women. This title supports the discussion of contemporary debates about varieties of uterine pathologies and the implications of these debates for our understanding of drama's representation of hysterica passio cases, among other hysterical maladies.

ISBN-13
9780754669937
ISBN-10
0754669939
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year
2010
Publication date
2010-07-14
Pages
230
Dimensions
242x163x22
Weight
612