Mourning Men in Shakespeare’s England

Argues early modern English playwrights adopted and adapted classical
lamentation as a way to explore cultural trauma of Reformation and early
understandings of masculinity.

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Exploring plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Mourning Men in Shakespeare's England argues that early modern playwrights deployed the classical lament so to consider the profound cultural trauma of the Reformation, but also complicate early understandings of masculinity.