How did the fear of death co-exist with the promise of Christian afterlife in the culture and literature of the English Renaissance? This book exposes a sharp edge of blasphemous protest against mortality that runs through revenge plays such as "The Spanish Tragedy" and "Hamlet", and through plays of procreation such as "Measure for Measure" and "Macbeth". Tactics of denial appear in the vengefulness that John Donne directs toward female bodies for failing to bestow immortality, and in the promise of renewal that George ...
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How did the fear of death co-exist with the promise of Christian afterlife in the culture and literature of the English Renaissance? This book exposes a sharp edge of blasphemous protest against mortality that runs through revenge plays such as "The Spanish Tragedy" and "Hamlet", and through plays of procreation such as "Measure for Measure" and "Macbeth". Tactics of denial appear in the vengefulness that John Donne directs toward female bodies for failing to bestow immortality, and in the promise of renewal that George Herbert sets against the threat of closure. Placing these literary manifestations in the context of specific Jacobean deathbed crises and modern cultural distortions, Watson explores the psychological roots and political consequences of denying that death permanently erases sensation and consciousness.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 416 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 93045004 Type of material Book Personal name Watson, Robert N. Main title The rest is silence: death as annihilation in the English Renaissance / Robert N. Watson. Published/Created Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. Description xiv, 416 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 0520084942 (alk. paper) LC classification PR428. D4 W38 1994 LC Subjects Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation. Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation. Kyd, Thomas, 1558-1594. Spanish tragedy. Herbert, George, 1593-1633. Temple. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism. Death in literature. Annihilationism in literature. Renaissance--England. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-408) and index. Dewey class no. 820.9/354 Geographic area code e-uk-en
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