Kingship, Madness, and Masculinity on the Early Modern Stage - Mad World, Mad Kings (Paperback)

This book provides a fascinating study into the history of kingship, madness and masculinity that was acted out on the early modern stage. Providing students of early modern history, theatre and performance studies and disability studies with interesting case studies to inform their upper level seminars and research. Throughout the volume the authors engage with the field of disability studies to show how disability and mental health were portrayed and what that tells us about the period and the people who lived in it. Showing students, a new dimension of early modern Europe. The chapters uncover how, as the early modern understanding of mental illness re-focused on human, rather than supernatural, causes, the public stages became important arenas for playwrights, actors, and audiences to explore expressions of madness and to practice diagnoses. Enabling students from multiple disciplines such as the history of medicine, the history of theatre and performance and the history of early modern Europe to see the how attitudes formed and changed around kingship, madness and masculinity in this period.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early Modern Culture
Release date:	September 2021
First published:	2022
Editors:	Christina Gutierrez-Dennehy
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-76084-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > Performance art Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	0-367-76084-3
Barcode:	9780367760847

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