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Shakespeare's Medical Language: A Dictionary

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Shakespeare's Medical Language: A Dictionary
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sujata Iyengar
SeriesArden Shakespeare Dictionaries
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781472520401
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publication Date 27 February 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Physicians, readers and scholars have long been fascinated by Shakespeare's medical language and the presence of healers, wise women and surgeons in his work. This dictionary includes entries about ailments, medical concepts, cures and, taking into account recent critical work on the early modern body, bodily functions, parts, and pathologies in Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Medical Language will provide a comprehensive guide for those needing to understand specific references in the plays, in particular, archaic diagnoses or therapies ('choleric', 'tub-fast') and words that have changed their meanings ('phlegmatic', 'urinal'); those who want to learn more about early modern medical concepts ('elements', 'humors'); and those who might have questions about the embodied experience of living in Shakespeare's England. Entries reveal what terms and concepts might mean in the context of Shakespeare's plays, and the significance that a particular disease, body part or function has in individual plays and the Shakespearean corpus at large.

Author Biography

Sujata Iyengar is Professor of English at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA. She is author of Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England.