Book contents
- The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare
- Frontispiece
- Frontispiece
- The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare
- Worlds of Shakespeare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Mapping Shakespeare’s World
- Part II Theater
- Part III Language
- Part IV Science and Technology
- Part V Printing, Publishing, Textuality
- Part VI Visual Arts
- Part VII Popular Culture
- Part VIII High Culture
- Part IX England, 1560–1650
- Part X Religion
- Part XI Medicine
- Introduction
- 99 Healing and Healers
- 100 How the Body Worked
- 101 The Shock of the New
- 102 Explaining Racial and Sexual Differences
- 103 Lessons from the Body: Moralizing Disability
- 104 Lessons from the Body: Dissection and Anatomy
- 105 Medical Practices
- 106 Mental Illness
- 107 Violence and Possession
- Part XII The Historical William Shakespeare
- Part XIII Shakespeare’s Fellows
- Part XIV Shakespeare’s Early Reception (to 1660)
- Part XV International Encounters
- Part XVI Making the Scene
- Part XVII Shakespeare as Cultural Icon
- Part XVIII Shakespeare and Popular Culture
- Part XIX Translation
- Part XX Changing Technologies of Stage Performance
- Part XXI Audiences
- Part XXII Production History
- Part XXIII Printing and Reception History
- Part XXIV Shakespeare and the Book
- Part XXV Shakespeare and the Critics
- Part XXVI Shakespeare and the Performing Arts
- Part XXVII Shakespeare and the Visual Arts
- Part XXVIII Shakespeare and Media History
- Index
- References
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare
- Frontispiece
- Frontispiece
- The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare
- Worlds of Shakespeare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Mapping Shakespeare’s World
- Part II Theater
- Part III Language
- Part IV Science and Technology
- Part V Printing, Publishing, Textuality
- Part VI Visual Arts
- Part VII Popular Culture
- Part VIII High Culture
- Part IX England, 1560–1650
- Part X Religion
- Part XI Medicine
- Introduction
- 99 Healing and Healers
- 100 How the Body Worked
- 101 The Shock of the New
- 102 Explaining Racial and Sexual Differences
- 103 Lessons from the Body: Moralizing Disability
- 104 Lessons from the Body: Dissection and Anatomy
- 105 Medical Practices
- 106 Mental Illness
- 107 Violence and Possession
- Part XII The Historical William Shakespeare
- Part XIII Shakespeare’s Fellows
- Part XIV Shakespeare’s Early Reception (to 1660)
- Part XV International Encounters
- Part XVI Making the Scene
- Part XVII Shakespeare as Cultural Icon
- Part XVIII Shakespeare and Popular Culture
- Part XIX Translation
- Part XX Changing Technologies of Stage Performance
- Part XXI Audiences
- Part XXII Production History
- Part XXIII Printing and Reception History
- Part XXIV Shakespeare and the Book
- Part XXV Shakespeare and the Critics
- Part XXVI Shakespeare and the Performing Arts
- Part XXVII Shakespeare and the Visual Arts
- Part XXVIII Shakespeare and Media History
- Index
- References
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astrological medicineBradley, A. C.Bright, TimothyColeridge, Samuel TaylorThe Comedy of ErrorsDu Laurens, AndréGalenic medicineGammer Gurton’s NedleGerard, JohnHamletHarsnett, Samuelherbal medicineHippocratic medicinehumoral medicineJorden, EdwardKing LearKnights, L. C.Macbethmadnessmelancholymental illnessMuir, Kennethpassionsreligious melancholyThe Spanish TragedyTheobald, LewisTwelfth NightThe Two Noble KinsmenWilde, OscarwitchcraftWright, Thomas
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- The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 815 - 821Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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