The Resource Death by Shakespeare : snakebites, stabbings and broken hearts, Kathryn Harkup
Death by Shakespeare : snakebites, stabbings and broken hearts, Kathryn Harkup
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- Summary
- "William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions--shock, sadness, fear--that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? In the Bard's day death was a part of everyday life ... Was death by snakebite as serene as Shakespeare makes out? Could lack of sleep have killed Lady Macbeth? Can you really murder someone by pouring poison in their ear? [The author] investigates what actual events may have inspired Shakespeare, what the accepted scientific knowledge of the time was, and how Elizabethan audiences would have responded to these death scenes"--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue
- Our humble author
- All the world's a stage
- Will you be cured of your infirmity?
- Off with his head!
- Murder, murder!
- The dogs of war
- A plague o'both your houses!
- Most delicious poison
- To be, or not to be
- Excessive grief the enemy to the living
- Exit pursued by a bear
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781472958228
- Label
- Death by Shakespeare : snakebites, stabbings and broken hearts
- Title
- Death by Shakespeare
- Title remainder
- snakebites, stabbings and broken hearts
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathryn Harkup
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions--shock, sadness, fear--that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? In the Bard's day death was a part of everyday life ... Was death by snakebite as serene as Shakespeare makes out? Could lack of sleep have killed Lady Macbeth? Can you really murder someone by pouring poison in their ear? [The author] investigates what actual events may have inspired Shakespeare, what the accepted scientific knowledge of the time was, and how Elizabethan audiences would have responded to these death scenes"--Dust jacket flap
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harkup, Kathryn
- Dewey number
- 822.33
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR3069.D42
- LC item number
- H37 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Bloomsbury sigma series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespeare, William
- Shakespeare, William
- Science
- Medicine
- Death
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Death by Shakespeare : snakebites, stabbings and broken hearts, Kathryn Harkup
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-359) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Our humble author -- All the world's a stage -- Will you be cured of your infirmity? -- Off with his head! -- Murder, murder! -- The dogs of war -- A plague o'both your houses! -- Most delicious poison -- To be, or not to be -- Excessive grief the enemy to the living -- Exit pursued by a bear -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472958228
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1107443601
- Label
- Death by Shakespeare : snakebites, stabbings and broken hearts, Kathryn Harkup
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-359) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Our humble author -- All the world's a stage -- Will you be cured of your infirmity? -- Off with his head! -- Murder, murder! -- The dogs of war -- A plague o'both your houses! -- Most delicious poison -- To be, or not to be -- Excessive grief the enemy to the living -- Exit pursued by a bear -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472958228
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1107443601
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