The stage and social struggle in early modern England /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Jean E. Howard.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1994.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 184 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; RENAISSANCE THEATER AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THEATRICAL PRACTICE A brief for political criticism; "SATHANS SYNAGOGUE" The theater as constructed by its enemies; ANTITHEATRICALITY STAGED The workings of ideology in Dekker's The Whore of Babylon and Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing; THE MATERIALITY OF IDEOLOGY Women as spectators, spectacles, and paying customers in the English public theater; POWER AND EROS Crossdressing in dramatic representation and theatrical practice.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A ground-breaking study of the social and cultural functions of the early modern theatre. Jean Howard looks at the effects of drama and the stage on early modern culture in an exciting and eminently readable work.
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EBL179419
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Title
Stage and social struggle in early modern England.
International Standard Book Number
0415042585
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Theater and society-- England-- History-- 16th century.
Theater and society-- England-- History-- 17th century.
Theater-- England-- History-- 16th century.
Theater-- England-- History-- 17th century.
Théâtre-- Angleterre-- Histoire-- 17e siècle.
Théâtre et société-- Angleterre-- Histoire-- 16e siècle.
Théâtre et société-- Angleterre-- Histoire-- 17e siècle.