عنوان

English renaissance drama

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

English renaissance drama

This guide provides students with the historical, literary and theatrical contexts they need to make sense of English Renaissance drama. The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642, emphasising plays that can be read in modern editions and seen in modern productions. Shakespeare's plays appear as a vital but not dominating component of this repertoire. The opening section reviews the historical conditions in which Renaissance plays were written and performed, tracing the opposing influences of patronage and the market, the Court and the City. The next section surveys the various languages out of which plays were made, showing how discourses such as history, satire or love were taken up and dramatized. Then a series of short biographies describes the lives of the best-known playwrights of the period. A fourth section provides analyses of over twenty specific scripts, showing what makes them interesting and what critical questions they provoke.Finally, the author links ideological concerns with dramatic practice by considering things that are typically enacted on the early modern stage, such as cuckolding, flattering, swaggering, going mad, and rising from the dead.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Malden; Oxford

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Blackwell

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2006

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vii, 325 p.; 23 cm.

Other Title Information

Blackwell guides to literature

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN-10: 0631226303

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ISBN-13: 9780631226307

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Peter Womack

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Entry Element

Handbooks, manuals, etc ، English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 0051-0061 - History and criticism

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Handbooks, manuals, etc ، English drama - 71th century - History and criticism

Entry Element

Handbooks, manuals, etc ، Renaissance - England

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Dates

2591-

Entry Element

Womack, Peter

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