Antony's "secret house of death": suicide and sovereignty in Antony and Cleopatra

Vanhoutte examines Cleopatra's suicide in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra." By the time Shakespeare wrote the play, suicide had become a source of cultural concern in Tudor England, with the institutions of church and state producing increasingly stringent definitions of and...

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Published in:Philological quarterly 2000-03, Vol.79 (2), p.153
Main Author: Vanhoutte, Jacqueline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British & Irish literature
Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt
Culture
Drama
English literature
Literary criticism
Philology
Portrayals
Renaissance period
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Shakespeare, William (English playwright)
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:Vanhoutte examines Cleopatra's suicide in Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra." By the time Shakespeare wrote the play, suicide had become a source of cultural concern in Tudor England, with the institutions of church and state producing increasingly stringent definitions of and sanctions against self-murder.
ISSN:0031-7977
2169-5342