Mourning Men in Shakespeare's England

Exploring plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Mourning Men in Shakespeare's England argues that early modern playwrights deployed the classical lament so to consider the profound cultural trauma of the Reformation, but also complicate early understandings of masculinity.

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Andrew D. McCarthy, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, USA.

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Exploring plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Mourning Men in Shakespeare's England argues that early modern playwrights deployed the classical lament so to consider the profound cultural trauma of the Reformation, but also complicate early understandings of masculinity.