Isbn: 9783034321921 - medicine matters in five comedies of shakespeare: from the renaissance context to a reading of the plays (natur, wissenschaft und die künste / nature, ... arts / nature, science et les arts, band 16) (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. new edition. 244 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 248 pp. A very good copy. - Summary: The book examines the presence of medicine matters in Shakespeares The Comedy of Errors, Loves Labours Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, and documents how the theme of medicine can acquire particular importance for the interpretation of the plays: namely, it matters. Andrea A. Conti provides information on certain aspects of the medical context of the Renaissance, effecting the essential connections with previous and subsequent periods and furnishing the necessary background for the understanding of the state of the art of medicine at the time. Luisa Camaiora presents a close reading of the comedies, and identifies for each a specific and dominant medical facet, then proposed as a structural key for the analysis of the plays. The medical motifs enucleated determine the critical perspective for the discussion of the dramatic characters and events and for the interpretation of the overall meaning and significance of the single works. Features and references related to the sphere of medicine, identified in the comedies, are also commented upon and examined in the context of this medical reading of the plays. - Contents: Part I: Some Features of the Renaissance Context -- Introduction -- 1. Humours and the Body -- 2. Pestilences and Diseases -- 3. Medical Interventions and Preparations -- 4. Practitioners -- 5. Institutions, Medical Progress and Health Care -- Part II: A Reading of Five Comedies of Shakespeare -- Note on the Chronology of the Comedies -- 1. Undifferentiated Diagnoses in The Comedy of Errors: Reliance on Visual Evidence -- 2. Logorrhoeic Symptoms in Love's Labour's Lost: Indigestion of Words -- 3. The Chameleon Syndrome in The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Mutation In Love -- 4. Homoeopathic Necessity in The Taming of the Shrew: Interactive Therapy -- 5. Tempers and Distempers in The Merry Wives of Windsor: Variable Humours. ISBN 9783034321921 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 419.…

Zustand: New. The first part of the book presents a general overview of some aspects of medicine and medical matters in the Renaissance. The second part proposes a close reading of five Shakespearean comedies, identifying for each one a specific medical theme and perspective that acts as unifying motif for the interpretation of the play. Series: Natur, Wissenschaft und die Kuenste / Nature, Science and the Arts / Nature, Science et les Arts. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398. . 2016. New ed. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book examines the presence of medicine matters in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, and documents how the theme of medicine can acquire particular importance for the interpretation of the plays: namely, it matters. Andrea A. Conti provides information on certain aspects of the medical context of the Renaissance, effecting the essential connections with previous and subsequent periods and furnishing the necessary background for the understanding of the state of the art of medicine at the time. Luisa Camaiora presents a close reading of the comedies, and identifies for each a specific and dominant medical facet, then proposed as a structural key for the analysis of the plays. The medical motifs enucleated determine the critical perspective for the discussion of the dramatic characters and events and for the interpretation of the overall meaning and significance of the single works. Features and references related to the sphere of medicine, identified in the comedies, are also commented upon and examined in the context of this medical reading of the plays.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Medicine Matters in Five Comedies of Shakespeare | From the Renaissance Context to a Reading of the Plays | Luisa Camaiora (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | Peter Lang | EAN 9783034321921 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Kolibri 360 GmbH, Ettore-Bugatti-Str. 6-14, 51149 Köln, produktsicherheit[at]kolibri360[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

Zustand: gut. Medicine Matters in Five Comedies of Shakespeare: From the Renaissance Context to a Reading of the Plays (Natur, Wissenschaft und die Künste Nature, . Arts Nature, Science et les Arts, Band 16) In deutscher Sprache. pages.