{"product_id":"horror-on-the-early-modern-stage-nightmare-on-thames-street-9781350553705","title":"Horror on the Early Modern Stage: Nightmare on Thames Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarly modern English theatre provides countless examples of the tropes and feelings we associate with the horror genre.\u003c\/b\u003e Depictions of obscenity and violence designed to elicit a mixture of loathing, fear, repugnance, shock, awe, and desire in their audiences abound. From the bodily mutilations of \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicus\u003c\/i\u003e, to the demonic, ghostly, and psychological terrors of \u003ci\u003eMacbeth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, to the sensory shocks of torture and imprisonment within \u003ci\u003eThe Duchess of Malfi.\u003c\/i\u003e This collection of essays argues that the horror genre as we know it should be extended back to the 16th century to include classic early modern plays from \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Witch of Edmonton\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors plot a new theory of horror through its roots as a conscious and complex generic mode in the late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century. Drawing together essays on topics such as bodily torture and experimentation, necrophilia and decomposition, psychological and supernatural torment, scholars critically engage with categories such as tragedy, comedy, parody, and folk horror. The volume offers new interpretations of both famous and obscure early modern plays, and places them in conversation with contemporary horror films like \u003ci\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Substance\u003c\/i\u003e, and the works of David Cronenberg, providing a new route into the burgeoning field of early modern horror for scholars and students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah Korell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arden Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350553705","brand":"Arden Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48016475553929,"sku":"9781350553705","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_86094a56-8b7c-4065-a70d-b7f11e39b5b7.jpg?v=1787688492","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/horror-on-the-early-modern-stage-nightmare-on-thames-street-9781350553705","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}