Issues of Death: Mortality and Identity in English Renaissance Tragedy - Brossura

Neill, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 019818493X ISBN 13: 9780198184935

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Riassunto

Viewing Renaissance tragedy as an instrument for reimagining the human encounter with death, Neill examines major plays by Marlowe, Kyd, Shakespeare, Webster, Middleton, and Ford, exploring the relation of tragedy to the macabre tradition, to the apocalyptic displays of the anatomy theatre, and to the spectacular arts of funeral.

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Recensione

wonderfully intelligent... among the handful of indispensable works on Renaissance drama (JOHN KERRIGAN, SHAKESPEARE QUARTERLY)

The Renaissance "crisis" about death, which is at the centre of Neill's concern, is a quarry worthy of the spry, meticulous scholarship he brings to its pursuit (TERENCE HAWKINS, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS)

one of the best books to appear this year... a wonderfully wide-ranging and illuminating study of death in early modern England (JANETTE DILLON, SHAKESPEARE SURVEY)

compulsory reading for any scholar of the period with the faintest interest in death (MICHAEL DOBSON, ESSAYS IN CRITCISM)

an absorbing new study of English Renaissance tragedy (IAN DONALDSON, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT)

subtle, patient, and learned study of early modern English tragedy ... Neill's work is exemplary and important ... Issues of Death is the most consistently illuminating and rewarding book on English Renaissance tragedy written in the last twenty years ... the pleasure of learning from Neill's scholarship and critical sensitivity is reinforced by the attractiveness of the physical object in which those qualities are conveyed to us. Oxford University Press have designed the book beautifully, have printed it on excellent paper, and have included a generous number of illustrations. (David Womersley, Jesus College, Oxford, The Review of English Studies, Vol 50, no 199)

Neill's work is strong in its comprehensive learning, its clear structure, and his compelling style ... he gives the most complete consideration to death as a subject. His study is a pioneering synthesis of drama and the cultural history of death and mourning in the period. (Margaret J. Arnold, University of Kansas, Renaissance Quarterly)

The position may be familiar, but it is important, and Neill's version of it is richly illustrated ... The book forcefully revives the old thesis about the role of the plague, not just in the danse macabre motif but in the mortality crisis of this era as a whole ... a substantive and graceful piece of literary and cultural criticism, wise and learned, well argued and well written, generously and helpfully documented, perceptive about the dominant patterms of some major Renaissance dramatic texts, and informative about their social contexts. (Robert N. Watson, University of California, Los Angeles, MLR, vol 94, no 3, 1999)

L'autore

Michael Neill is at University of Auckland.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019818493X
• ISBN 13: 9780198184935
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 424
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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