Performances of Mourning in Shakespearean Theatre and Early Modern Culture (Early Modern Literature in History Series)
This bold and wide-ranging study takes a fresh look at a controversial question: what do the acts and shows of grief performed in early modern drama tell us about the religious culture of the world in which they were historically staged? Many rites of mourning shown in the theatre held Catholic resonances, but how did such memories of traditional worship work in post-Reformation England? Drawing on performance studies, this book provides detailed readings of major playtexts, Shakespearean and...
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This bold and wide-ranging study takes a fresh look at a controversial question: what do the acts and shows of grief performed in early modern drama tell us about the religious culture of the world in which they were historically staged?
List of Illustrations • Acknowledgements • A Note on Citation • Introduction • Politics of Mourning: English History Plays • Pathologies of Mourning: Elizabethan Revenge Tragedies • Physiologies of Mourning: Tears and the Purgatory of Weeping • Parodies of Mourning: Corpseless Comedies • Conclusion • Works Cited • Index
