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Stages Of Dismemberment: The Fragmented Body In Late Medieval And Early Modern Drama
Margare T. E. Owens
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Hardcover. This study considers a broad range of plays dating from the fifteenth century to the closing of the theaters in 1642; however, seperate chapters are devoted to extensive analysis ofApius and Virginia,2 Henry VI, andDoctor Faustus. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
With a focus on visual representations of beheading, dismemberment, and mutilation in medieval and early modern drama, this study traces the impact of the Reformation on the semiotics of the body. What emerges from this exploration of violent spectacle is a sense of the complex and powerful ways in which the legacy of the pre-Reformation religious drama informed the professional drama of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study considers a broad range of plays dating from the fifteenth century to the closing of the theaters in 1642; however, separate chapters are devoted to extensive analysis of Apius and ... Read more
With a focus on visual representations of beheading, dismemberment, and mutilation in medieval and early modern drama, this study traces the impact of the Reformation on the semiotics of the body. What emerges from this exploration of violent spectacle is a sense of the complex and powerful ways in which the legacy of the pre-Reformation religious drama informed the professional drama of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study considers a broad range of plays dating from the fifteenth century to the closing of the theaters in 1642; however, separate chapters are devoted to extensive analysis of Apius and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611492644
SKU
V9781611492644
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About Margare T. E. Owens
Margaret Owens teaches early modern literature at McMaster University.
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