Contagion and the Shakespearean stage

The Resource Contagion and the Shakespearean stage

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Contagion and the Shakespearean stage

Statement of responsibility

edited by Darryl Chalk, Mary Floyd-Wilson

Language

eng

Summary

This collection of essays considers what constituted contagion in the minds of early moderns in the absence of modern germ theory. In a wide range of essays focused on early modern drama and the culture of theater, contributors explore how ideas of contagion not only inform representations of the senses (such as smell and touch) and emotions (such as disgust, pity, and shame) but also shape how people understood belief, narrative, and political agency. Epidemic thinking was not limited to medical inquiry or the narrow study of a particular disease. Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and other early modern writers understood that someone might be infected or transformed by the presence of others, through various kinds of exchange, or if exposed to certain ideas, practices, or environmental conditions. The discourse and concept of contagion provides a lens for understanding early modern theatrical performance, dramatic plots, and theater-going itself

Cataloging source

GW5XE

Dewey number

822.3093561

Index

index present

LC call number

PR658.M35

LC item number

C66 2019eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

Palgrave studies in literature, science and medicine

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