Introduction: Beyond the Plague

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Chalk, Darryl and Floyd-Wilson, Mary. 2019. "Introduction: Beyond the Plague." Chalk, Darryl and Floyd-Wilson, Mary (ed.) Contagion and the Shakespearean stage. Cham, Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1-21

Chapter Title	Introduction: Beyond the Plague
Book Chapter Category	Edited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID	2865
Book Title	Contagion and the Shakespearean stage
Authors	Chalk, Darryl (Author) and Floyd-Wilson, Mary (Author)
Editors	Chalk, Darryl and Floyd-Wilson, Mary
Page Range	1-21
Series	Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Chapter Number	1
Number of Pages	21
Year	2019
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
ISBN	9783030144272
	9783030144289
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14428-9_1
Web Address (URL)	https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-14428-9_1
Abstract	In the absence of germ theory, what constituted contagion in the minds of the early moderns? In this opening chapter to the volume, Chalk and Floyd-Wilson demonstrate that early modern writers devoted constant attention to the possibility of contagious transmission, the idea that someone might be infected or transformed by the presence of others, through various kinds of exchange, or if exposed to certain ideas, practices, or environmental conditions, and they often did so in ways not limited to medical inquiry or the narrow study of a particular disease. In addition to outlining an approach to understanding pre-modern theories of contagion in relation to the efficacy of theatre in this period, they provide a guide to the interweaving concerns of the contributions to this collection.
Keywords	contagion, Shakespearean theatre, plague, germ theory, early modern drama, audience, stage
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	470507. Comparative and transnational literature
	360403. Drama, theatre and performance studies
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	School of Creative Arts
	University of North Carolina, United States
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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