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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Pollard, Tanya. Drugs and theater in early modern England. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005297646 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Tanya Pollard |
ISBN: | 9780199270835 019927083X 9780191533761 0191533769 |
OCLC Number: | 648343534 |
Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 211 pages) |
Contents: | Introduction: Dangerous Remedies; 1 "Unnatural and Horrid Physic": Pharmaceutical Theater in Jonson and Webster; 2 "A Thing Like Death": Shakespeare's Narcotic Theater; 3 "Polluted with Counterfeit Colours": Cosmetic Theater; 4 Poisoned Kisses: Theater of Seduction; 5 Vulnerable Ears: Hamlet and Poisonous Theater; Epilogue: Theater's Antidotes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
Responsibility: | Tanya Pollard. |
Abstract:
Asks why Shakespeare and his contemporary playwrights were preoccupied with drugs and poisons, and why critics, supporters, and writers of plays adopted a chemical vocabulary to describe the effects of the theater on audiences.
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thought-provoking and important...a genuinely illuminating book...It gives a fresh and provocative set of ideas to bring to bear...and for that it deserves high praise. * Matthew Steggle, Notes and Queries, Volume 252, Number 3 * Read more...
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- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
- Drugs in literature.
- Poisons in literature.
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
- Human body in literature.
- Poisoning in literature.
- Drama -- history
- Substance-Related Disorders -- history
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- Literature, Modern -- history
- Poisons -- history
- Illicit Drugs -- history
- England
- Théâtre anglais -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
- Poisons dans la littérature.
- Théâtre anglais -- 17e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
- Corps humain dans la littérature.
- English drama.
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan.