Humoral wombs on the Shakespearean stage /

Humoral wombs on the Shakespearean stage /

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This book explores how the humoral womb was evoked, enacted and embodied on the Shakespearean stage by considering the intersection of performance studies and humoral theory. Galenic naturalism applied the four humors, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm and blood, to delineate women as porous, pollutin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kenny, Amy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Series:Palgrave studies in literature, science, and medicine.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Medicine.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Women.
Medicine in literature > History > 16th century.
Medicine in literature > History > 17th century.
Uterus.
Body fluids in literature.

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