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
Main Author: Vinter, Maggie (Magdalena) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
English drama.
Death in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Theâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Theâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Mort dans la litterature.
Theâtre anglais > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre anglais > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theater > England > History > 17th century.
Theater > England > History > 16th century.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 biopolitical theory"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780823284283

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