UID:
almahu_9949890930102882
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 225 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781003205777
,
1003205771
,
9781040035412
,
1040035418
,
1040035442
,
9781040035443
Serie:
Studies in performance and early modern drama
Inhalt:
"This book explores historical, socio-political and metatheatrical readings of a whole host of dying bodies and risen corpses, each part of a long tradition of living death on stage. Just as zombies, ghouls, and the undead in modern media often stand for present-day concerns, early modern writers frequently imagined living death in complex ways that allowed them to address contemporary anxieties. These include fresh bleeding bodies (and body parts), ghostly Lord Mayors, and dying characters who must carefully choose their last words - or have those words chosen for them by the living. As well as offering fresh interpretations of well-known plays such as Middleton's 'The Lady's Tragedy' and Webster's 'The White Devil', this innovative study also sheds light on less well-known works such as the an-nymous 'The Tragedy of Locrine', Marston's 'Antonio's Revenge' and Munday's mayoral pageants 'Chruso-thriambos' and 'Chrysanaleia'. The author demonstrates that wherever characters in early modern drama appear to straddle the line between this world and the next, it is rarely a simple matter of life and death. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in theatre and performance studies, and cultural and social studies"--
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Alsop, James Living death in early modern drama London ; New York : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032071688
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781003205777
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003205777
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