Humoral Wombs on the Shakespearean Stage /

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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Main Author:	Kenny, Amy (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine,
Subjects:	Literature, Modern. British literature. History. Early Modern/Renaissance Literature. British and Irish Literature. History of Science. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book