Emotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage

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Emotional Excess on the Shakespearean Stage demonstrates the links made between excess of emotion and madness in the early modern period. It argues that the ways in which today''s popular and theatrical cultures judge how much is too much can distort our understanding of early modern drama ...