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anatomical
Anatomical Dissection
Anatomical Theatre
anatomy treatises
Annabella's Heart
audience
Author_Hillary M. Nunn
Belly Fable
blood symbolism
Body's Structures
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Crystalline Humor
Dead Man
Dead Man's Hand
demonstration
Discovery Space
Dumb Show
early
early modern drama
Early Stuart London
early Stuart London society
Early Stuart Tragedy
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Indoor Playhouse
Indoor Theatres
Jones's Designs
king
Lifeless Flesh
london
Maiden's Tragedy
medical humanities
Moon's Man
Notorious Malefactor
Onstage Audience
playhouse
Playhouse Audience
representation of dissection in tragedy
revenger's
stuart
Surgeons Hall
theatre and medicine
Tis Pity
tragedy
Vp
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138264267
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Hillary M. Nunn here traces the connections between the London public's interest in medical dissection and the changing cultural significance of bloodshed on the early Stuart playhouse stage. Considering the playhouses' role within the social world of early modern London, Nunn explores the influence of public dissection upon the presentation of human bodies in well-known plays such as King Lear, as well as in a wide range of often neglected early Stuart tragedies like The Second Maiden's Tragedy and Revenge for Honour. In addition to dramatic texts, the study draws heavily on anatomy treatises and popular pamphlets of the time. Incorporating views of anatomy's significance from a wide range of sources, this study shows the ways in which early Stuart dramatists called upon Londoners' increasing fascination with anatomical dissection to shape the staging of their tragedies.
Hillary M. Nunn is Assistant Professor of English at University of Akron, USA.
