 | Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage Subjects: English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan 1500–1600 -- History and criticism; English drama—17th century -- History and criticism; Death in literature; Theater -- England -- History -- 16th century; Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century; Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage shows how theater reflects, enables, and contests the politicization of life and death. The book analyzes representations of dying in plays by writers including Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson, alongside devotional texts and contemporary biopolitical theory. Vinter Maggie : Maggie Vinter is Assistant Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University.Maggie Vinter is Assistant Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University. |
