Canonical States, Canonical StagesCanonical States, Canonical Stages was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In the crucible of seventeenth century Europe, a new kind of subjectivity formed, private and interior. Perversely, the new private subject made its most spectacular appearance on the public stage an