The Early Modern Corpse and Shakespeare's Theatre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16615567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas G Olsen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 533-534 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sixteenth Century Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-0160 • E-ISSN: 2326-0726 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20478422 |
| OpenAlex | W1518123644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Dead Bodies (theoretical introduction: Bataille, Douglas, Kristeva, Lacan, Benjamin) Chapter 2 Body Imaging and Religious Reform: The Corpse as Idol (historicist analysis of shifts in sacramental, iconographic, and theological imaging of the corpse from the late medieval to the early modern periods in England) Chapter 3 Animating Matter: The Corpse as Idol in The Second Maiden's Tragedy and The Duke of Milan (includes analysis of English public theatre) Chapter 4 Invading the Grave: Shadow Lives in The Revenger's Tragedy and The Duchess of Malfi (includes analysis of English funerary customs and the practice of anatomical dissection) Chapter 5 Killing the Dead: Duncan's Corpse and Hamlet's Ghost Epilogue: Last Words
Art · Literature · Visual arts · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2015 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |