Shakespeare's contagious sympathies: ill communications
Auteur :
Langley, Eric
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198821847
Date de publication :
8 nov. 2018
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,4 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
656 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Counting the cost of compassion, this study of Shakespeare's plays and poetry analyses how medical explanations of disease impact upon philosophical conceptions and literary depictions of his characters and how compassionate communication and sympathetic exchange are undermined by anxieties concerning contagion and disease.