{"product_id":"9781558494824","title":"Beyond the Body: The Boundaries of Medicine and English Renaissance Drama","description":"Kerwin (English, U. of Missouri, Columbia) offers five case studies in his consideration of how the field of medicine and its boundaries were affected by culture in the Renaissance, especially drama. Incorporating recent research on medical history and anthropology, he examines portrayals of five groups: drug sellers, women practitioners, surgical healers, including barbers and barber- surgeons, physicians, and patients in Romeo and Juliet, The Alchemist, All's Well That Ends Well, The Wise Woman of Hogsdon, Troilus and Cressida Epicoene, Twelfth Night, and others. Playwrights considered are Samuel Daniel, John Fletcher, John Ford, Thomas Heywood, John Lyly, Philip Massinger, John Webster, Ben Johnson, and William Shakespeare. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR  ","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060378878192,"sku":"9781558494824","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558494824_p0.jpg?v=1763755296","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558494824","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}