Staging anatomies : dissection and spectacle in early Stuart tragedy / Hillary M. Nunn.

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005], ©2005.

231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index.

The life of the city : bodies and boundaries in early Stuart London -- The dead in action : the uses of lifeless flesh on the early Stuart stage -- Lethal passivity : perspective, painting, and the staging of female bodies -- Believing your eyes : witnessing, blindings, and staged violence -- The dramatic spectacle of human anatomy.