{"product_id":"last-acts-9780823284269","title":"Last Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: The Art of Dying | 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e Dying Badly: Doctor Faustus and the Parodic Drama of Blasphemy | 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003eDying Politically: Edward II and the Ends of Dynastic Monarchy | 54\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eDying Representatively: Richard II and Mimetic Mortality | 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4. \u003c\/b\u003eDying Communally: Volpone and How to Get Rich Quick | 120\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/b\u003e: Afterlife | 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/b\u003e| 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotes \u003c\/b\u003e| 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex \u003c\/b\u003e| 207\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406155915607,"sku":"9780823284269","price":78.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823284269.jpg?v=1730494723","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/last-acts-9780823284269","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}