Drugs and theater in early modern England /

In this text the author argues that the power of the theatre in early modern England, as well as the striking hostility to it stems from the pervasive contemporary idea that drama altered the body as well as the mind.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pollard, Tanya
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism. Drugs in literature. Poisons in literature. Drama > history Substance-Related Disorders > history History, Early Modern 1451-1600 Literature, Modern > history Poisons > history Illicit Drugs > history England Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique. Poisons dans la littérature. DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Drugs in literature English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan Poisons in literature 1500-1600 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

"Unnatural and Horrid Physic": Pharmaceutical Theater in Jonson and Webster
"A Thing Like Death": Shakespeare's Narcotic Theatre
"Polluted with Counterfeit Colours": Cosmetic Theatre
"Kiss His Lips to Death": Poisonous Seductions in Massinger and Middleton
The Vulnerable Ear: Hamlet's Poisonous Theater
Epilogue: Theater's Antidotes.