{"product_id":"monuments-and-literary-posterity-in-early-modern-drama-9781107123472","title":"Monuments and Literary Posterity in Early Modern Drama","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRe-evaluating the relationship between Renaissance dramatists and literary posterity, this book centres on the question of how writers attempted to cope with mortality, with a particular focus on drama and the building of monuments. It will interest scholars and upper-level students of Renaissance drama, memory studies, early modern theatre, and print history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is at once an admirable study of the paradoxes of memorialization in several important Renaissance dramatic texts, and a significant intervention in the contemporary critical conversation.' Clara Calvo, Universidad de Murcia, Spain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: 'raptures of futurity'; 1. 'Let all things end': Marlowe's immortality; 2. Jonson's textual monument; 3. Webster's 'worthyest monument': the problem of posterity in The Duchess of Malfi; 4. 'Mocking life': preemptive commemoration in The Winter's Tale; 5. Fletcher's future: dynasty and collaborative posterity in Henry VIII; Coda: what they hath left us; Select bibliography; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53186711421271,"sku":"9781107123472","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monuments-and-literary-posterity-in-early-modern-drama-9781107123472","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}