Last acts : the art of dying on the early modern stage /

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"Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage shows how theater reflects, enables, and contests the politicization of life and death. The book analyzes representations of dying in plays by writers including Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson, alongside devotional texts and contemporary bi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vinter, Maggie (Magdalena) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
1500-1699
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Death in literature.
Theater > England > History > 16th century.
Theater > England > History > 17th century.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Mort dans la littérature.
Théâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Théâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
English drama.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Theater.
England.
Ars moriendi.
Ben Jonson.
Christopher Marlowe.
Death.
Giorgio Agamben.
Renaissance Drama.
Robert Esposito.
William Shakespeare.
biopolitics.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the art of dying
  • Dying badly : Doctor Faustus and the parodic drama of blasphemy
  • Dying politically : Edward II and the ends of dynastic monarchy
  • Dying representatively : Richard II and mimetic mortality
  • Dying communally : Volpone and how to get rich quick
  • Epilogue : afterlife.

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