Description: "Absorbing....(Neill is) a superlative Listener in the tragic graveyard, catching the subtle cries and whispers, and vividly conveying the horrid arts of death." -- Times Literary Supplement. "Neill's concern with the way things work out on the stage constantly illuminates shadowier aspects of the society at large." -- London Review of Books. Viewing Renaissance tragedy as an instrument for reimagining the human encounter with death, Neill examines major plays by Marlowe, Kyd, Shakespeare, Webster, Middleton, and Ford, exploring the relation of tragedy to the macabre tradition, to the apocalyptic displays of the anatomy theatre, and to the spectacular arts of funeral.

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