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Livres anciens et modernes

Darryl Chalk , Mary Floyd-Wilson

Contagion and the Shakespearean Stage

Palgrave Macmillan - 1st ed. 2019 edizione Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science - and Medicine,

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Éditeurs
Palgrave Macmillan, 1st ed. 2019 edizione Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science, and Medicine
Edité par
Darryl Chalk , Mary Floyd-Wilson
Thème
Shakespeare
Description
H
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
Neuf
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

Description

8vo, hardcover 292pp. 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 senses (such as smell and touch) and emotions (such as disgust, pity, and shame) but also shape how people understood belief, narrative, and political agency. Epidemic thinking was not limited to medical inquiry or the narrow study of a particular disease. Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and other early modern writers understood that someone might be infected or transformed by the presence of others, through various kinds of exchange, or if exposed to certain ideas, practices, or environmental conditions. The discourse and concept of contagion provides a lens for understanding early modern theatrical performance, dramatic plots, and theater-going itself.