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Staging anatomies : dissection and spectacle in early Stuart tragedy / Hillary M. Nunn.
Van Pelt Library PR678.B63 N86 2005
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR678.B63 N86 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nunn, Hillary M., 1968-
- Series:
- Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Human body in literature.
- English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
- English drama (Tragedy).
- Human dissection--History--17th century.
- Human dissection.
- History.
- London (England)--In literature.
- London (England).
- City and town life in literature.
- Spectacular, The, in literature.
- Violence in literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
- Contents:
- The life of the city : bodies and boundaries in early Stuart London
- The dead in action : the uses of lifeless flesh on the early Stuart stage
- Lethal passivity : perspective, painting, and the staging of female bodies
- Believing your eyes : witnessing, blindings, and staged violence
- The dramatic spectacle of human anatomy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-224) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0754633993
- OCLC:
- 54882026
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