Author: Felix Emmanuel Schelling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Elizabethan Playwrights
Author: Felix Emmanuel Schelling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Rival Playwrights
Author: James Shapiro
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231075404
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231075404
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Great Elizabethan Playwrights
Author: Don Nardo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781590180174
Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discusses the origins of English-speaking theater and includes facts about seven early Elizabethan playwrights, including William Shakespeare.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781590180174
Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discusses the origins of English-speaking theater and includes facts about seven early Elizabethan playwrights, including William Shakespeare.
A History of the Elizabethan Theater
Author: Adam Woog
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Discusses the development of the English theater during the Elizabethan era, including the origins of Elizabethan theater and dramas, the influence of the queen and the church, and the impact of various playwrights and actors.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Discusses the development of the English theater during the Elizabethan era, including the origins of Elizabethan theater and dramas, the influence of the queen and the church, and the impact of various playwrights and actors.
Professional Playwrights
Author: Ira Clark
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813194466
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The most neglected of the English Renaissance playwrights are the major Carolines—Philip Massinger, John Ford, James Shirley, and Richard Brome. Writing in the 1620s and 1630s, always in the shadow of their great precursors, Shakespeare and Jonson, they have often been dubbed mere purveyors of slick, escapist sensationalism who avoided the great issues of their day and turned away from the impending breakdown of English society. Ira Clark's revisionist book shows us these dramatists and their time whole, particularly through analysis of their treatment of sociopolitical issues—issues that find echoes in twentieth-century concerns. For each of these playwrights, Clark sketches his known social circle, describes characteristic social and political stances and dramatic techniques, and provides a detailed reading of an exemplary play. In considering their artistry, he notes their variations on traditional dramatic characters, situations, and styles. Where their predecessors had offered deep psychological portrayals, the Carolines, he finds, present characters whose roles grow out of their social relations. The issues they engage range from the sovereignty of King or Parliament and the criteria for social mobility to parental dominion and the rights of women and children. Their presentations range from conservatism—Ford's distilled and Shirley's playful—through Massinger's accommodation, to Brome's extemporaneous experimentation. The Carolines' theatrical world, Clark argues, is accessible to modern readers through the social theories of our time, which depend on their "world as a stage" trope for such concepts as symbolic interactionism and the ritual inculcation of social cohesion. This important book sheds new light on both the artistic and the political climate of seventeenth-century England.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813194466
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The most neglected of the English Renaissance playwrights are the major Carolines—Philip Massinger, John Ford, James Shirley, and Richard Brome. Writing in the 1620s and 1630s, always in the shadow of their great precursors, Shakespeare and Jonson, they have often been dubbed mere purveyors of slick, escapist sensationalism who avoided the great issues of their day and turned away from the impending breakdown of English society. Ira Clark's revisionist book shows us these dramatists and their time whole, particularly through analysis of their treatment of sociopolitical issues—issues that find echoes in twentieth-century concerns. For each of these playwrights, Clark sketches his known social circle, describes characteristic social and political stances and dramatic techniques, and provides a detailed reading of an exemplary play. In considering their artistry, he notes their variations on traditional dramatic characters, situations, and styles. Where their predecessors had offered deep psychological portrayals, the Carolines, he finds, present characters whose roles grow out of their social relations. The issues they engage range from the sovereignty of King or Parliament and the criteria for social mobility to parental dominion and the rights of women and children. Their presentations range from conservatism—Ford's distilled and Shirley's playful—through Massinger's accommodation, to Brome's extemporaneous experimentation. The Carolines' theatrical world, Clark argues, is accessible to modern readers through the social theories of our time, which depend on their "world as a stage" trope for such concepts as symbolic interactionism and the ritual inculcation of social cohesion. This important book sheds new light on both the artistic and the political climate of seventeenth-century England.
Shakspere as a Playwright
Author: Brander Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Shakespeare and the Rival Playwrights, 1600-1606
Author: David Farley-Hills
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134953925
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
David Farley-Hills argues that Shakespeare did not work in splendid isolation, but responded as any other playwright to the commercial and artistic pressures of his time. In this book he offers an interpretation of seven of Shakespeare's plays in the light of pressures exerted by his major contemporary rivals. The plays discussed are Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens, and King Lear.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134953925
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
David Farley-Hills argues that Shakespeare did not work in splendid isolation, but responded as any other playwright to the commercial and artistic pressures of his time. In this book he offers an interpretation of seven of Shakespeare's plays in the light of pressures exerted by his major contemporary rivals. The plays discussed are Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens, and King Lear.
The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge
Author: The New York Times
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312313678
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
From the "New York Times" comes a thorough, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to a broad range of essential subjects.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312313678
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
From the "New York Times" comes a thorough, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to a broad range of essential subjects.
Modern English Playwrights
Author: John William Cunliffe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
WJEC GCSE History: The Elizabethan Age 1558–1603 and Depression, War and Recovery 1930–1951
Author: R. Paul Evans
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1510401806
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Endorsed by WJEC Confidently tackle curriculum change with the market-leading series for WJEC GCSE History; relaunched to cover the new content and assessment requirements, this book helps every student develop the in-depth knowledge and historical skills they need to achieve their best. - Guides you through the key questions and content in the 2017 specification, with thorough and reliable course coverage from a team of expert examiners, teachers and authors - Builds understanding of Welsh, British and wider-world history through a clear, detailed narrative that is accessible to all learners - Enables students to practise and improve their enquiry, analytical and evaluative skills as they progress through carefully-designed activities in each chapter - Enhances subject knowledge and interest by including a range of stimulating source materials for discussion and reflection - Prepares students for assessment with practice questions, sample responses and step-by-step guidance on approaching questions
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1510401806
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Endorsed by WJEC Confidently tackle curriculum change with the market-leading series for WJEC GCSE History; relaunched to cover the new content and assessment requirements, this book helps every student develop the in-depth knowledge and historical skills they need to achieve their best. - Guides you through the key questions and content in the 2017 specification, with thorough and reliable course coverage from a team of expert examiners, teachers and authors - Builds understanding of Welsh, British and wider-world history through a clear, detailed narrative that is accessible to all learners - Enables students to practise and improve their enquiry, analytical and evaluative skills as they progress through carefully-designed activities in each chapter - Enhances subject knowledge and interest by including a range of stimulating source materials for discussion and reflection - Prepares students for assessment with practice questions, sample responses and step-by-step guidance on approaching questions