“A THING LIKE DEATH”: MEDICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE BODIES IN SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS
By: Greta Perletti
Open Access
|Feb 2014
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Language: English
Page range: 93 - 111
Published on: Feb 14, 2014
Published by: West University of Timisoara
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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