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Last acts : the art of dying on the early modern stage /

"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 bi...

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Main Author:	Vinter, Maggie (Magdalena) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism. English drama > 17th century > History and criticism. Death in literature. Theater > England > History > 16th century. Theater > England > History > 17th century. English drama. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan. Theater. England. 1500-1699 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

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