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 …

The early modern period was an age of anatomical exploration and revelation, with new
discoveries capturing the imagination not only of scientists but also of playwrights and poets …

ABSTRACT The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster speculates into the tradition of
Elizabethan marriage, laws regarding marriage, its violation and the consequences it brings …

For at least a generation, scholars have asserted that privacy barely existed in the early
modern era. The divide between the public and private was vague, they say, and the …

The primary goal of this qualitative case study was to investigate the nature of holistic
thinking in the context of an asynchronous computer conference. Holistic thinking was …

John Webster's classic revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi was first performed in 1613
and published in 1623. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and …

Unruly Audiences and the Theater of Control in Early Modern London explores the effects of
audience riots on the dramaturgy of early modern playwrights, arguing that playwrights from …

Theatre in early modern England has for some time been recognized as a crucial form of
cultural exchange. It not only expresses but also inquires into and mediates between …

Near the end of John Webster's The White Devil (1612), the courtier Flamineo is faced with
ruin when his patron, Duke Brachiano, is murdered. He responds by forming a suicide pact …

This book explores how the pregnant body is portrayed, perceived and enacted in
Shakespeare's and his contemporaries' drama by means of a phenomenological analysis …