Contagion and the Shakespearean stage /

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 se...

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Other Authors: Chalk, Darryl (Editor), Floyd-Wilson, Mary (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Series:Palgrave studies in literature, science, and medicine.
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