Shakespeare & the denial of death - Calderwood, James L. (University of Massachusetts Press, 1987)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index
Introduction: Spiritual highs and corporeal lows -- The denial of death -- Death and the Elizabethans -- Indirections -- Part 1. The denial of death -- Cannibalism -- Mana and money, feeding and fasting -- Disguise, role-playing and honor -- Death, sex, and the body -- Sacrifice -- Clothing mortality -- Mortal clothing in Hamlet -- Immortal money in The merchant of Venice -- Part 2. Tragedy and Death -- Tragedy and the denial of death 1 -- Tragedy and the denial of death 2 -- Tragedy and the denial of death 3 -- King Lear 1 -- King Lear 2 -- King Lear 3 -- Part 3. Immortality and art -- Immortalizing art