Within a theoretical framework that makes use of history, psychoanalysis and anthropology, The Early Modern Corpse and Shakespeare's Theatre explores the relati

Within a theoretical framework that makes use of history, psychoanalysis and anthropology, The Early Modern Corpse and Shakespeare's Theatre explores the relati

Lauren Robertson's original study shows that the theater of Shakespeare and his contemporaries responded to the crises of knowledge that roiled through early mo

This study takes a look at a controversial question: what do the acts and shows of grief performed in early modern drama tell us about the religious culture of

This book explores a neglected feature of intellectual history and literature in the early modern period: the ways in which the body was theorized and represent