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106 - Mental Illness

from Part XI - Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
Neil Vickers
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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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 - 821
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Fisher, Sandra K. “Hearing Ophelia: Gender and Tragic Discourse in Hamlet.” Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissanceet Réforme 26.1 (1990): 1–10.Google Scholar
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Wechsler, Judith. “Performing Ophelia: The Iconography of Madness.” Theatre Survey 43 (2002): 201–21.Google Scholar

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