Joy of the Worm: Suicide and Pleasure in Early Modern English Literature

by Drew Daniel

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Consulting an extensive archive of early modern literature, Joy of the Worm asserts that voluntary death in literature is not always a matter of tragedy.

In this study, Drew Daniel identifies a surprisingly common aesthetic attitude that he calls "joy of the worm," after Cleopatra's embrace of the deadly asp in Shakespeare's play--a pattern where voluntary death is imagined as an occasion for humor, mirth, ecstatic pleasure,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226816508

ISBN13:9780226816500

Release Date:May 2022

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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