The theatre of civilized excess : new perspectives on Jacobean tragedy /

The theatre of civilized excess : new perspectives on Jacobean tragedy / / Anja Müller-Wood.

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Jacobean tragedy is typically seen as translating a general dissatisfaction with the first Stuart monarch and his court into acts of calculated recklessness and cynical brutality. Drawing on theoretical influences from social history, psychoanalysis and the study of discourses, this innovative book...

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Superior document:Costerus, new ser., v. 169
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Müller-Wood, Anja, 1969-
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Costerus ; new ser., v. 169.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • RELOCATING THE STAGE: REFLECTIONS ON EARLYMODERN THEATRE CULTURE
  • “ALL THE ILLMAN CAN INVENT”: JOHNWEBSTER AND HIS DUCHESS
  • LOOK WHO’S TALKING (PLAINLY): DANGEROUS ELOQUENCE IN THE ATHEIST’S TRAGEDY
  • MEMORY, MIMESIS AND THE MATERIAL: CHAPMAN’S SCENE OF WRITING (THE LAW)
  • THEATRICAL EXCESS, CRITICAL PRACTICE: WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN AND THE SHAPING OF A BOURGEOIS AESTHETIC
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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