Quoting death in early modern England: the poetics of epitaphs beyond the tomb
Newstok, Scott L.
An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in whichwriters including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, andElizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. ÍNDICE: Contents - List of illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction: Reciting 'Epitaph' and 'Genre' in Early Modern England - Here lies: Pointingto the Graue Forme - Turn Thy Tombe Into a Throne: Elizabeth I's Death Rehearsal - In good stead of an epitaph: Verifying History - Killing rhetorick: The Poetics of movere - An theater of mortality: In Sincerity, Onstage - Lapping-up of Matter: Epitaphic Closure in Elegies - Epilogue: Epitaph for Epitaph - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-20325-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 26/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés