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Zimmerman performs a tour de force of interpretation in this important book. ! Advanced scholars will find it an indispensable contribution to the growing scholarship interrogating the significance of dead bodies on stage and page. A powerful demonstration of how Protestantism, anatomy, and drama were engaged in a struggle over the meaning to be attached to the material body -- an illuminating exposition of theories of the corpse with an historical account of its shifting status -- an outstanding project. -- Professor Peter Stallybrass, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania An ambitious project that represents a genuine extension of our understanding of the historical and theatrical contexts of these plays -- Zimmerman provides a new and exciting theoretical framework in Walter Benjamin's treatment of tragedy. -- Professor John Drakakis, Department of English Studies, University of Stirling Zimmerman performs a tour de force of interpretation in this important book. ! Advanced scholars will find it an indispensable contribution to the growing scholarship interrogating the significance of dead bodies on stage and page. A powerful demonstration of how Protestantism, anatomy, and drama were engaged in a struggle over the meaning to be attached to the material body -- an illuminating exposition of theories of the corpse with an historical account of its shifting status -- an outstanding project. An ambitious project that represents a genuine extension of our understanding of the historical and theatrical contexts of these plays -- Zimmerman provides a new and exciting theoretical framework in Walter Benjamin's treatment of tragedy.

Zimmerman performs a tour de force of interpretation in this important book. ! Advanced scholars will find it an indispensable contribution to the growing scholarship interrogating the significance of dead bodies on stage and page. A powerful demonstration of how Protestantism, anatomy, and drama were engaged in a struggle over the meaning to be attached to the material body -- an illuminating exposition of theories of the corpse with an historical account of its shifting status -- an outstanding project. -- Professor Peter Stallybrass, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania An ambitious project that represents a genuine extension of our understanding of the historical and theatrical contexts of these plays -- Zimmerman provides a new and exciting theoretical framework in Walter Benjamin's treatment of tragedy. -- Professor John Drakakis, Department of English Studies, University of Stirling Zimmerman performs a tour de force of interpretation in this important book. ! Advanced scholars will find it an indispensable contribution to the growing scholarship interrogating the significance of dead bodies on stage and page. A powerful demonstration of how Protestantism, anatomy, and drama were engaged in a struggle over the meaning to be attached to the material body -- an illuminating exposition of theories of the corpse with an historical account of its shifting status -- an outstanding project. An ambitious project that represents a genuine extension of our understanding of the historical and theatrical contexts of these plays -- Zimmerman provides a new and exciting theoretical framework in Walter Benjamin's treatment of tragedy.

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Susan Zimmerman is Associate Professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York.

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