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

  • Zimmerman, Susan, 1939-
Date:
[2005], ©2005
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Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

vii, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index.

Contents

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.

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    History of Medicine
    CUT.41.AA5-6
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ISBN

  • 0748621032
  • 9780748621033