Overview
- The first comprehensive study of the female body and menopause in Shakespeare
- Focuses on demystifying the menopause through a historical and literary lens
- Expands on existing scholarship by combining literary, art-historical, medical and gender-based fields of enquiry
Part of the book series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies (PASHST)
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Book Title: Shakespeare, Tragedy and Menopause
Book Subtitle: The Anxious Womb
Authors: Victoria L. McMahon
Series Title: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27204-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27203-5Published: 26 September 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27206-6Due: 27 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27204-2Published: 25 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-3204
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Cultural Studies, Theatre History, History, general