Illuminates our understanding of the soul as a historically and
philosophically vital concept through Shakespearean drama Second
Death seeks to revitalise our understanding of the soul as a
philosophically profound, theoretically radical, and
ultimately--and counterintuitively--theatrically realised concept.
The book contends that the work of Shakespeare, when closely read
alongside early modern cultural and religious writings, helps us
understand the soul's historical placement as a powerful paradox:
it was essential to establishing humanity but resistant to clear
representation. Drawing from current critical theory as well as
extensive historical research, Second Death examines works of
Shakespearean drama, including The Merchant of Venice, Coriolanus,
and The Winter's Tale, to suggest that rather than simply being
incapable of understanding or physical realisation, the soul
expressed itself in complex and subtle modes of performance. As a
result, this book offers new ways of looking at identity, theatre,
and spirituality in Shakespeare's era and in our own. Key Features
Provides understanding of the soul as not only a religious,
cultural, and literary concept, but also a theatrical one Discusses
genealogy of the philosophical and theological traditions that
inform the soul's placement in the early modern era, from Plato to
Protestantism Includes novel readings of key works of Shakespearean
drama along with substantial analyses of other Shakespeare plays
(King Lear, Hamlet) as well as other early modern works (by John
Donne, Christopher Marlowe, John Foxe, John Stow, Thomas Middleton,
John Milton, and others) Draws new interdisciplinary connections
among theatre studies, Shakespeare, critical theory, and religious
studies
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