Ashley GIRTY
Biography:
Ashley Girty is a doctoral student at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University. Her dissertation, “Literary Entertainment and Medicine in Early Modern Europe" examines literature and medicine as co-constitutive fields, surveying sermon, drama, and other such entertainments as sites of healthcare commentary in an era of medical professionalization, while also tracing how health concerns permeated reading practices, theatre-going, and the consumption of literary entertainment in the early modern period.
Degree(s):
Ph.D., ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University (exp. 2018)
M.A., University of Windsor, 2011
B.A. (Hons), University of Windsor, 2009
Current research:
- Literary depictions of doctors and doctoring
- Disease, metaphor, and moral philosophy
- Early modern sermon
- Early modern reading and theatre-going practices as they relate to health maintenance
- Literary aspects of early modern medical advertising and pageantry