Shrew taming and other tales of the four humors

Shrew taming and other tales of the four humors

Author(s):
Paster, Gail Kern.
Contributor(s):
Greenberg, Stephen J.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division.
Publication:
Bethesda, MD : National Library of Medicine, 2012
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Humoralism
Medicine in Literature
Behavior -- physiology
Emotions
Literature, Medieval
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Genre(s):
Lecture
Abstract:
(Producer) William Shakespeare is widely praised for creating the most recognizable characters in all of literature, yet he understood human behavior in the terms available to his age--the classical theory of the four humors of blood, phlegm, choler, and melancholy, The humors accounted for the health and actions of the male and female, young and old, rich man and poor man. It was the darker emotions of anger and melancholy that preoccupied Shakespeare, especially as they appeared in the madness of Ophelia and the shrewish resistence of Katherine Minola to her female destiny of wifely submission.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
074 min.
Color:
Color
Sound:
Sound
Provenance:
Transfer; Stephen Greenberg, Public Services Librarian, NLM; 20120305; Acc# 2012-05.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
101579832 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
808768921
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101579832