The death arts in Renaissance England: a critical anthology

The first-ever critical anthology of the death arts in Renaissance England, this book draws together over 60 extracts and 20 illustrations to establish and analyse how people grappled with mortality in the 16th and 17th centuries. As well as providing a comprehensive resource of annotated and modern...

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Beteiligte Personen: Engel, William E. 1957- (VerfasserIn), Loughnane, Rory 1983- (VerfasserIn), Williams, Grant 1965- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108782975
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108782975
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108782975
Zusammenfassung:The first-ever critical anthology of the death arts in Renaissance England, this book draws together over 60 extracts and 20 illustrations to establish and analyse how people grappled with mortality in the 16th and 17th centuries. As well as providing a comprehensive resource of annotated and modernized excerpts, this engaging study includes commentary on authors and overall texts, discussions of how each excerpt is constitutive and expressive of the death arts, and suggestions for further reading. The extended Introduction takes into account death's intersections with print, gender, sex, and race, surveying the period's far-reaching preoccupation with, and anticipatory reflection upon, the cessation of life. For researchers, instructors, and students interested in medieval and early modern history and literature, the Reformation, memory studies, book history, and print culture, this indispensable resource provides at once an entry point into the field of early modern death studies and a springboard for further research
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Feb 2023)
Preparatory and dying arts -- Funereal and commemorative arts -- Knowing and understanding death -- Death arts in literature
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 385 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108782975
DOI:10.1017/9781108782975