Second Death: Theatricalities of the Soul in Shakespeare's Drama

by Donovan Sherman

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474411452
• ISBN13: 9781474411455
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"