Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. viii, 231 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity

Subject

1. Human body in literature
2. Human dissection > History > 17th century
3. Spectacular, The, in literature
4. City and town life in literature
5. English drama > 17th century > History and criticism
6. English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism
7. London (England) > In literature
8. Violence in literature

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JFE 05-3435

Bibliography (note)

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

Author

1. Nunn, Hillary M., 1968-

Title

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

Imprint

1. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005.

Series

1. Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity

Bibliography

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

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1. Table of contents

LCCN

1. 2004006790

ISBN

1. 0754633993 (alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 05-3435