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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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Art of Dying | 1
1. Dying Badly: Doctor Faustus and the Parodic Drama of Blasphemy | 31
2. Dying Politically: Edward II and the Ends of Dynastic Monarchy | 54
3. Dying Representatively: Richard II and Mimetic Mortality | 87
4. Dying Communally: Volpone and How to Get Rich Quick | 120
Epilogue: Afterlife | 147
Acknowledgments | 169
Notes | 171
Index | 207

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 7 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780823284252
      978-0823284252
      ISBN-10 0823284255

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: The Art of Dying | 1
      1. Dying Badly: Doctor Faustus and the Parodic Drama of Blasphemy | 31
      2. Dying Politically: Edward II and the Ends of Dynastic Monarchy | 54
      3. Dying Representatively: Richard II and Mimetic Mortality | 87
      4. Dying Communally: Volpone and How to Get Rich Quick | 120
      Epilogue: Afterlife | 147
      Acknowledgments | 169
      Notes | 171
      Index | 207

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