Der Tod der Königin - Frauenopfer und politische Souveränität im Trauerspiel des 17. Jahrhunderts

Peter-André Alt examines the political role accorded to queens in the Early Modern Age, using 17th century German and English tragedies. With its interdisciplinary approach, the book also considers the pictorial arts and legal history and advances our understanding of the history of sovereignty and the constructions of nature, power, body, and gender underpinning it.


Peter-André Alt ist Professor für Neuere Deutsche Literaturgeschichte an der Universität Würzburg.