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The Early Modern Corpse and Shakespeare's Theatre.

Publication: Yearbook of English Studies
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Early Modern Corpse and Shakespeare's Theatre.(Book review)

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The Early Modern Corpse and Shakespeare's Theatre. By Susan Zimmerman. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2005. vii + 214 pp. 50 [pounds sterling]. isbn: 978-0-7486-3363-0.

Critical interest in the representation of the body has been something of a fashion in recent years, so corpses are the obvious next step. This book is a fascinating attempt to adapt a model from cultural history that has more currency in medieval studies, run it through the paradigm shift of the Reformation, and then apply it to a range of dramatic texts, not just Shakespeare's.

Although the opening chapter acknowledges theoretical inspiration from Bataille, Kristeva,...

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