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Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — June 2007
Shakespeare and the practice of physic; medical narratives on the early modern English stage.
Pettigrew, Todd H. J. (University of Delaware Press)
Univ. of Delaware Press, ©2007 197 p. $43.50 PR3062
978-0-87413-951-8
Pettigrew (English, Cape Breton U.) examines Shakespeare's representation of the conflict between licensed and non-licensed healers over control of English medical practice after the formation of the College of Physicians of London in the early sixteenth century. He discusses how Shakespeare questions and challenges elite physicians' authority in several of his plays and considers vernacular medical texts that influenced ordinary English men and women. He does not consider Shakespeare's life or personal opinions. The book is based on his doctoral research. Distributed by Associated University Presses. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
