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This collection of essays considers what constituted contagion in
the minds of early moderns in the absence of modern germ theory. In
a wide range of essays focused on early modern drama and the
culture of theater, contributors explore how ideas of contagion not
only inform representations of the senses (such as smell and touch)
and emotions (such as disgust, pity, and shame) but also shape how
people understood belief, narrative, and political agency. Epidemic
thinking was not limited to medical inquiry or the narrow study of
a particular disease. Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson,
Thomas Dekker and other early modern writers understood that
someone might be infected or transformed by the presence of others,
through various kinds of exchange, or if exposed to certain ideas,
practices, or environmental conditions. The discourse and concept
of contagion provides a lens for understanding early modern
theatrical performance, dramatic plots, and theater-going itself.
This collection of essays considers what constituted contagion in
the minds of early moderns in the absence of modern germ theory. In
a wide range of essays focused on early modern drama and the
culture of theater, contributors explore how ideas of contagion not
only inform representations of the senses (such as smell and touch)
and emotions (such as disgust, pity, and shame) but also shape how
people understood belief, narrative, and political agency. Epidemic
thinking was not limited to medical inquiry or the narrow study of
a particular disease. Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson,
Thomas Dekker and other early modern writers understood that
someone might be infected or transformed by the presence of others,
through various kinds of exchange, or if exposed to certain ideas,
practices, or environmental conditions. The discourse and concept
of contagion provides a lens for understanding early modern
theatrical performance, dramatic plots, and theater-going itself.
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