Contagion and the Shakespearean Stage
This collection of essays considers what constituted contagion in the minds of early moderns in the absence of modern germ theory. In a wide range of essays focused on early modern drama and the culture of theater, contributors explore how ideas of contagion not only inform representations of the se...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Σειρά: | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction: Beyond the Plague - Darryl Chalk
- 2. Comedy, the Senses, and Social Contagion in Plays Confused in Five Actions and The Comedy of Errors - Jennie Votava
- 3. "A Deal of Stinking Breath": The Smell of Contagion in the Early Modern Playhouse - Amy Kenny
- 4. "Go Touch his Life": Contagious Malice and the Power of Touch in The Witch of Edmonton - Bronwyn Johnston
- 5. Kisses and Contagion in Troilus and Cressida - Jennifer Forsyth
- 6. "Search this Ulcer Soundly": Sex as Contagion in The Changeling and Othello - Emily Weissbourd
- 7. "Amend thy Face": Contagion and Disgust in the Henriad - Ariane M. Balizet
- 8. Bad Dancing and Contagious Embarrassment in More Dissemblers Besides Women - Jennifer Panek
- 9. Contagious Pity: Cultural Differences and the Language of Contagion in Titus Andronicus - Jennifer Feather
- 10. The Hungry Meme and Political Contagion in Coriolanus - Clifford Werier
- 11. Hamlet's Story/Stories of Hamlet: Shakespeare's Theatre, the Plague, and Contagious Storytelling - J. F. Bernard
- 12. "Nature Naturized": Plague, Contagious Atheism, and The Alchemist - John Estabillo
- 12. Embedded in Shakespeare's "Fair Verona" - Rebecca Totaro
- 13. Afterword - Mary Floyd-Wilson.
