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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808134603321

Autore

Zimmerman Susan <1939->

Titolo

The early modern corpse and Shakespeare's theatre / / Susan Zimmerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

0-7486-5219-1

0-7486-8076-4

0-7486-7966-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 214 p.)

Disciplina

822.33

Soggetti

Dead in literature

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dead bodies -- Body imaging and religious reform : the corpse as idol -- Animating matter : the corpse as idol in The second maiden's tragedy and The Duke of Milan -- Invading the grave : shadow lives in The revenger's tragedy and The Duchess of Malfi -- Killing the dead : Duncan's corpse and Hamlet's ghost -- Epilogue : last words.

Sommario/riassunto

Within a theoretical framework that makes use of history psychoanalysis, and anthropology, 'The Early Modern Corpse and Shakespeare's Theatre' explores the relationship of public theatre to the questions of what constituted the 'dead' in early modern English culture.