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Shakespeare's Dead

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Shakespeare's Dead

By Emma Smith, Simon Palfrey

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About the book

This books chronicles the ingenious ways of dying in Shakespeare, from suicide to murder, and from workaday dagger to baroque pie recipe. Illustrated with contemporary images, it establishes the cultural, religious and social contexts for thinking about early modern death.

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ISBN

9781851242474

Publisher

Bodleian Library

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Shakespeare's Dead

Format

Paperback

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