Renaissance drama and contemporary literary theory /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Andy Mousley.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
St. Martin's Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 244 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-237) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"This book offers a sustained discussion of a specific period of English literature. The author uses Renaissance drama and contemporary theory to question and illuminate each other. The volume works on several levels. It provides a comprehensive account of key modern literary theories and presents detailed applications of them to a wide range of Renaissance plays. It also offers a new way of thinking about the relationship of modern literary theory to its main predecessor, humanism. Finally, it writes a history, which Renaissance drama and modern theory are seen as sharing, of the antagonisms and attempted reconciliations between signs and psyche, objects and subjects, history and self, and language and the human."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Criticism-- History-- 20th century.
English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.