Author: Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998911
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
This expansive, inter-disciplinary guide to Renaissance plays and the world they played to gives readers a colorful overview of England's great dramatic age. Provides an expansive and inter-disciplinary approach to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. Offers a colourful and comprehensive overview of the material conditions of England's most important dramatic period. Gives readers facts and data along with up-to-date interpretation of the plays. Looks at the drama in terms of its cultural agency, its collaborative nature, and its ideological complexity.
A Companion to Renaissance Drama
Author: Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998911
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
This expansive, inter-disciplinary guide to Renaissance plays and the world they played to gives readers a colorful overview of England's great dramatic age. Provides an expansive and inter-disciplinary approach to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. Offers a colourful and comprehensive overview of the material conditions of England's most important dramatic period. Gives readers facts and data along with up-to-date interpretation of the plays. Looks at the drama in terms of its cultural agency, its collaborative nature, and its ideological complexity.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998911
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
This expansive, inter-disciplinary guide to Renaissance plays and the world they played to gives readers a colorful overview of England's great dramatic age. Provides an expansive and inter-disciplinary approach to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. Offers a colourful and comprehensive overview of the material conditions of England's most important dramatic period. Gives readers facts and data along with up-to-date interpretation of the plays. Looks at the drama in terms of its cultural agency, its collaborative nature, and its ideological complexity.
The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama
Author: A. R. Braunmuller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521821155
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This new edition of the Companion provides updated information about the principal theaters, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580-1642. Revised essays are included in chapters on theaters, dramaturgy, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, and drama produced during the reign of Charles I. Their references have been updated and the substantial biographical and bibliographical section has been expanded. First Edition Hb (1990): 0-521-34657-6 First Edition Pb (1990): 0-521-38662-4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521821155
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This new edition of the Companion provides updated information about the principal theaters, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580-1642. Revised essays are included in chapters on theaters, dramaturgy, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, and drama produced during the reign of Charles I. Their references have been updated and the substantial biographical and bibliographical section has been expanded. First Edition Hb (1990): 0-521-34657-6 First Edition Pb (1990): 0-521-38662-4
The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy
Author: Emma Josephine Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521519373
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Introducing the reader to important topics in English Renaissance tragedy, this Companion presents fresh readings of key texts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521519373
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Introducing the reader to important topics in English Renaissance tragedy, this Companion presents fresh readings of key texts.
A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture
Author: Michael Hattaway
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998725
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference. Provides new perspectives on established texts. Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions. Pioneered by leading scholars. Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies. Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998725
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference. Provides new perspectives on established texts. Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions. Pioneered by leading scholars. Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies. Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.
Renaissance Drama
Author: Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405119675
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
This pioneering collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama has now been updated to include more early material, plus Mary Sidney’s The Tragedy of Antony, John Marston’s The Malcontent and Ben Jonson’s Masque of Queens. Second edition of this pioneering collection of works of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama. Covers the full sweep of dramatic performances, including State progresses and Court masques. Contains material useful for courses on women playwrights or women in Renaissance drama, including Middleton’s Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi and Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling. Includes plays and pageants not anthologised elsewhere, such as the coronation entries of Elizabeth I and Queen Anne, and Thomas Heywood’s ‘A Woman Killed with Kindness’. For the second edition more early material has been added, such as Noah and The Second Shepherd’s Play. The anthology now also includes Mary Sidney’s The Tragedy of Antony, John Marston’s The Malcontent and Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Queens.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405119675
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
This pioneering collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama has now been updated to include more early material, plus Mary Sidney’s The Tragedy of Antony, John Marston’s The Malcontent and Ben Jonson’s Masque of Queens. Second edition of this pioneering collection of works of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama. Covers the full sweep of dramatic performances, including State progresses and Court masques. Contains material useful for courses on women playwrights or women in Renaissance drama, including Middleton’s Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi and Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling. Includes plays and pageants not anthologised elsewhere, such as the coronation entries of Elizabeth I and Queen Anne, and Thomas Heywood’s ‘A Woman Killed with Kindness’. For the second edition more early material has been added, such as Noah and The Second Shepherd’s Play. The anthology now also includes Mary Sidney’s The Tragedy of Antony, John Marston’s The Malcontent and Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Queens.
English Renaissance Drama
Author: Peter Womack
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470779845
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642. Places emphasis on those plays that are readily available in modern editions and can sometimes to be seen in modern productions, including Shakespeare. Provides students with the historical, literary and theatrical contexts they need to make sense of Renaissance drama. Includes a series of short biographies of playwrights during this period. Features close analyses of more than 20 plays, each of which draws attention to what makes a particular play interesting and identifies relevant critical questions. Examines early modern drama in terms of its characteristic actions, such as cuckolding, flattering, swaggering, going mad, and rising from the dead.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470779845
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642. Places emphasis on those plays that are readily available in modern editions and can sometimes to be seen in modern productions, including Shakespeare. Provides students with the historical, literary and theatrical contexts they need to make sense of Renaissance drama. Includes a series of short biographies of playwrights during this period. Features close analyses of more than 20 plays, each of which draws attention to what makes a particular play interesting and identifies relevant critical questions. Examines early modern drama in terms of its characteristic actions, such as cuckolding, flattering, swaggering, going mad, and rising from the dead.
English Renaissance Drama
Author: David M Bevington
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN: 1847603041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN: 1847603041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance
Author: George Hutchinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521673686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This 2007 Companion is a comprehensive guide to the key authors and works of the African American literary movement.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521673686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This 2007 Companion is a comprehensive guide to the key authors and works of the African American literary movement.
Memory and Forgetting in English Renaissance Drama
Author: Garrett A. Sullivan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521848428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521848428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher description
A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama
Author: David Krasner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405137347
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405137347
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This Companion provides an original and authoritative surveyof twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of thebest scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion ofworks by previously marginalized playwrights Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as TennesseeWilliams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein Allows readers to make new links between particular plays andplaywrights Examines the movements that framed the century, such as theHarlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the soloperformances of the 1980s and 1990s Situates American drama within larger discussions aboutAmerican ideas and culture