1 online resource (xv, 367 pages) : black and white illustrations
Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Secularization & Identity; 1 The Mortal Self; 2 The Reformed Conscience; 3 The Writer as Martyr; 4 Public Oaths & Private Selves; 5 Soliloquy & Secularization; 6 Hamlet's Luck; 7 Freedom, Suicide, & Selfhood; 8 Soft Selves: Adam, Eve, & the Art of Embodiment; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary
'Mortal Thoughts' is a study of the question of human identity in the early modern period. It examines literature alongside emerging forms of life writing and life drawing and self-portraits and considers portrayals of mortality and the moment of death
