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This text argues for the crucial place of the ""monster"" in the early modern imagination. Mark Thornton Burnett traces the metaphorical significance of ""monstrous"" forms across a range of early modern exhibition spaces - fairground displays, ""cabinets of curiosity"" and court entertainments - to contend that the ""monster"" finds its most intriguing manifestation in the investments and practices of contemporary theatre. The study's fresh readings of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson make a powerful case for the drama's contribution to debates about the ""extraordinary body"".

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'An informative and articulate contribution to the subject of monster studies and a fascinating development in the exploration of Renaissance drama... this book [is] a rarity and a wonder in itself.' - Kevin Stagg, Gothic Studies

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MARK THORNTON BURNETT is a Reader in English at Queen's University, Belfast. He is author of Masters and Servants in English Renaissance Drama and Culture: Authority and Obedience, editor of Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Plays and Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Poems.

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