The death arts in Renaissance England : a critical anthology / edited by William E. Engel, Rory Loughnane, Grant Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engel, William E., 1957- author.

Loughnane, Rory, author.

Williams, Grant, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--England--Early works to 1800.

Death.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--England--Early works to 1800.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Death--England--History--16th century.

Death--England--History--17th century.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--England--History--16th century.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--England--History--17th century.

Death in literature.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preparatory and dying arts

Funereal and commemorative arts

Knowing and understanding death

Death arts in literature.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Feb 2023).

ISBN:

9781108800396

1108800394

9781108782975

1108782973

OCLC:

1481785201