Introduction: The Luminous Spiral and the Cigarette Box, or Technologies of the Afterdeath

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: The Luminous Spiral and the Cigarette Box, or Technologies of the Afterdeath 1
6. 1. Little, Little Graves: Shakespeare’s Photographs of Richard II 15
7. 2. Haunted Histories: Dramatic Double Exposure in Henry IV, Parts One and Two 39
8. 3. Dummies and Doppelgängers: Performing for the Dead in 1 Henry VI 77
9. 4. The King Machine: Reproducing Sovereignty in 3 Henry VI 105
10. 5. Fuck Off and Die: The Queercrip Reign of Richard III 143
11. Postscript: Lazarus Again 174
12. Notes 181
13. Works Cited 219
14. Index 235