Introduction: The Art of Dying | 1
1. Dying Badly: Doctor Faustus and the Parodic Drama of
Blasphemy | 31
2. Dying Politically: Edward II and the Ends of Dynastic
Monarchy | 54
3. Dying Representatively: Richard II and Mimetic Mortality
| 87
4. Dying Communally: Volpone and How to Get Rich Quick |
120
Epilogue: Afterlife | 147
Acknowledgments | 169
Notes | 171
Index | 207
Maggie Vinter is Assistant Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University.
Last Acts offers a dazzling account of Renaissance theatrical
performances of death. Bookended by an engaging introduction and an
eloquent coda that ranges in time from John Donne to David Bowie,
this erudite book provides a theoretically sophisticated analysis
of the theater's constitutive role in shaping political and
economic discourse.---Patricia Cahill, Emory University
Challenging the perception of death as a moment of passivity, Last
Acts analyzes death as an opportunity for expressions of personal,
political, and spiritual, and economic agency. This outstanding,
original work is topical and timely in its appeal.---Will Stockton,
Clemson University
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