Library Of American University Of Madaba
Literature and intellectual disability in early modern England : folly, law and medicine, 1500-1640 /
by Equestri, Alice,
Series: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture Published by : Routledge, (New York, NY : ) Physical details: viii, 254 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 1032054662 Subject(s): English literature %Early modern, 1500-1700 %History and criticism. | Fools and jesters in literature. | People with mental disabilities in literature. | Law and literature. | Literature and medicine. Year: 2022| Item type | Location | Call Number | Status | Notes | Date Due |
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AUM Main Library English Collections Hall | 820.9003 E648 (Browse Shelf) | Available | 202500085 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Fools, from Popular Culture to Disability Studies -- Section 1. Law -- The Legal Discourse of 'Idiocy' on the Stage and Page -- 'A fool and his money are soon parted': the Fool and Property -- 'An you knew my properties somebody would ha' me': the Fool as a Ward -- Section 2. Medicine and Physiognomy -- Nature, Wits and Skulls: the Fool's Head -- Intellectual, Sensory and Physical Disability: the Fool's Body and Face -- Rationalising Fools' Disability: Causes and Risk Factors -- Epilogue: Intellectual Disability, Embodiment and Humour in Early Modern Literature.
"This book discusses how early modern legal and medical definitions of intellectual disability influenced the characterisation of fool characters in early modern English literature"--
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