Rectifying the Curve: Deformity in Early Modern Drama

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Abstract: “Rectifying the Curve: Deformity in Early Modern Drama” explores the dramatization of disfigured characters in late medieval and Renaissance English drama. Situated in the context of disability studies, this thesis aims to dispense with the tendency to render Shakespeare’s Richard III in an anachronistic and idealist light. Aiming to “listen to the whispers of lived experience that permeate every representation of ‘deformed’ individuals in early modern drama,” this thesis provides an analysis of four major instances: William Jordan’s Creation of the World, Thomas Lupton’s All for Money, George Peele’s Arraignment of Paris, and Shakespeare’s tetralogy that culminates with Richard III.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2018

Author	Witting, Olivia
Author	Lupic, Ivan
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of English
Primary advisor	Greene, Roland

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/zc078rs4634

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Preferred Citation: Witting, Olivia. (2018). Rectifying the Curve: Deformity in Early Modern Drama. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/zc078rs4634

Stanford University, Department of English, Undergraduate Honors Theses

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