Last Acts

Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage shows how theater reflects, enables, and contests the politicization of life and death. The book analyzes representations of dying in plays by writers including Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson, alongside devotional texts and contemporary biopolitical theory.

Ultimele acte: Arta de a muri pe scena moderna timpurie arata cum teatrul reflecta, permite si contesta politizarea vietii si a mortii. Cartea analizeaza reprezentarile mortii in piese ale unor scriitori, printre care Marlowe, Shakespeare si Jonson, alaturi de texte devotionale si teorie biopolitica contemporana.