Author: Robert Greene
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391617213
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Excerpt from The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon, and Frier Bongay: As It Was Lately Plaid by the Prince Palatine His Servants About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon, and Frier Bongay
Author: Robert Greene
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391617213
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Excerpt from The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon, and Frier Bongay: As It Was Lately Plaid by the Prince Palatine His Servants About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391617213
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Excerpt from The Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon, and Frier Bongay: As It Was Lately Plaid by the Prince Palatine His Servants About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Wooden Os
Author: Vin Nardizzi
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442664185
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Wooden Os is a study of the presence of trees and wood in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries – in plays set within forests, in character dialogue, and in props and theatre constructions. Vin Nardizzi connects these themes to the dependence, and surprising ecological impact, of London’s commercial theatre industry on England’s woodlands, the primary resource required to build all structures in early modern England. Wooden Os situates the theatre within an environmental history that witnessed a perceived scarcity of wood and timber that drove up prices, as well as statute law prohibiting the devastation of English woodlands and urgent calls for the remedying of a resource shortage that was feared would result in eco-political collapse. By considering works including Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, the revised Spanish Tragedy, and The Tempest, Nardizzi demonstrates how the “trees” within them were used in imaginative ways to mediate England’s resource crisis.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442664185
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Wooden Os is a study of the presence of trees and wood in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries – in plays set within forests, in character dialogue, and in props and theatre constructions. Vin Nardizzi connects these themes to the dependence, and surprising ecological impact, of London’s commercial theatre industry on England’s woodlands, the primary resource required to build all structures in early modern England. Wooden Os situates the theatre within an environmental history that witnessed a perceived scarcity of wood and timber that drove up prices, as well as statute law prohibiting the devastation of English woodlands and urgent calls for the remedying of a resource shortage that was feared would result in eco-political collapse. By considering works including Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, the revised Spanish Tragedy, and The Tempest, Nardizzi demonstrates how the “trees” within them were used in imaginative ways to mediate England’s resource crisis.
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold
Author: James Baldwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Readers
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Readers
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Introduction To English Renaissance Comedy
Author: Alexander Leggatt
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719049651
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasizing the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy--its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition and its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. In his close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, Alexander Leggatt makes some unexpected connections between them. The reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719049651
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasizing the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy--its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition and its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. In his close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, Alexander Leggatt makes some unexpected connections between them. The reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.
Writing Robert Greene
Author: Kirk Melnikoff
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754657019
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The first essay collection dedicated to the work of Shakespeare's contemporary Robert Greene, Writing Robert Greene considers Greene's writings in the contexts of his extensive engagement with the popular print market and his work as a professional dramatist for the London-based theatre companies. The volume includes three valuable appendices (presenting apocrypha; edition information; and a list of Greene's works by year published) and an annotated bibliography of recent scholarship.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754657019
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The first essay collection dedicated to the work of Shakespeare's contemporary Robert Greene, Writing Robert Greene considers Greene's writings in the contexts of his extensive engagement with the popular print market and his work as a professional dramatist for the London-based theatre companies. The volume includes three valuable appendices (presenting apocrypha; edition information; and a list of Greene's works by year published) and an annotated bibliography of recent scholarship.
Everyman and Mankind
Author: Douglas Bruster
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408138166
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Everyman and Mankind are morality plays which mark the turn of the medieval period to the early modern, with their focus on the individual. Everyman follows a man's journey towards death and his efforts to secure himself a life thereafter, whilst Mankind shows a man battling with temptation and sin, often with great humour. Both texts are modernised here and edited to the highest standards of scholarship, with full on-page commentaries giving the depth of information and insight associated with all Arden editions. The comprehensive, illustrated introduction argues that the plays signal the birth of the early modern consciousness and puts them in their historic and religious contexts. An account is also given of the staging and performance history of the plays and their critical history and significance. With a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary this is the finest edition of the plays available.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408138166
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Everyman and Mankind are morality plays which mark the turn of the medieval period to the early modern, with their focus on the individual. Everyman follows a man's journey towards death and his efforts to secure himself a life thereafter, whilst Mankind shows a man battling with temptation and sin, often with great humour. Both texts are modernised here and edited to the highest standards of scholarship, with full on-page commentaries giving the depth of information and insight associated with all Arden editions. The comprehensive, illustrated introduction argues that the plays signal the birth of the early modern consciousness and puts them in their historic and religious contexts. An account is also given of the staging and performance history of the plays and their critical history and significance. With a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary this is the finest edition of the plays available.
The Arraignment of Paris, 1584 ...
Author: George Peele
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Reading Robert Greene
Author: Darren Freebury-Jones
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000594564
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Robert Greene holds a significant place in our understanding of Elizabethan literature. This book offers the most rigorous attempt yet undertaken to determine the scope of the playwright’s canon through analyses of Greene’s verse style, vocabulary, rhyming habits, and the dramatist’s phraseology in his attested plays and in comparison to four plays that have long been on the margins of Greene’s corpus: Locrine, Selimus, George a Greene, and A Knack to Know a Knave. The book defines the ranges for Greene’s stylistic habits for the very first time and proceeds to identify parallels of thought, language, and overall dramaturgy that reveal a single author’s creative consciousness. This volume also casts light on Greene as a more collaborative dramatist than has hitherto been acknowledged. Through emphasizing the immediate surroundings in which Greene was writing – the flourishing of popular theatres in two compact areas of London, in which each theatre company and their dra-matists kept a close eye on what their competitors were producing – Greene emerges as an influential playwright, whose restored oeuvre enables us to establish new ways in which his dramatic methods impacted other writers of the period, including Shakespeare.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000594564
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Robert Greene holds a significant place in our understanding of Elizabethan literature. This book offers the most rigorous attempt yet undertaken to determine the scope of the playwright’s canon through analyses of Greene’s verse style, vocabulary, rhyming habits, and the dramatist’s phraseology in his attested plays and in comparison to four plays that have long been on the margins of Greene’s corpus: Locrine, Selimus, George a Greene, and A Knack to Know a Knave. The book defines the ranges for Greene’s stylistic habits for the very first time and proceeds to identify parallels of thought, language, and overall dramaturgy that reveal a single author’s creative consciousness. This volume also casts light on Greene as a more collaborative dramatist than has hitherto been acknowledged. Through emphasizing the immediate surroundings in which Greene was writing – the flourishing of popular theatres in two compact areas of London, in which each theatre company and their dra-matists kept a close eye on what their competitors were producing – Greene emerges as an influential playwright, whose restored oeuvre enables us to establish new ways in which his dramatic methods impacted other writers of the period, including Shakespeare.
Heavenly Necromancers
Author: Barbara Howard Traister
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Theatre and Humanism
Author: Kent Cartwright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139425994
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic and moralistic; but by the end of the century theatre was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could such a change occur? Kent Cartwright suggests that some theories of early Renaissance theatre - particularly the theory that Elizabethan plays are best seen in the tradition of morality drama - need to be reconsidered. He proposes instead that humanist drama of the sixteenth century is theatrically exciting - rather than literary, elitist and dull as it has often been seen - and socially significant, and he attempts to integrate popular and humanist values rather than setting them against each other. Taking as examples the plays of Marlowe, Heywood, Lyly and Greene, as well as many by lesser-known dramatists, the book demonstrates the contribution of humanist drama to the theatrical vitality of the sixteenth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139425994
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic and moralistic; but by the end of the century theatre was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could such a change occur? Kent Cartwright suggests that some theories of early Renaissance theatre - particularly the theory that Elizabethan plays are best seen in the tradition of morality drama - need to be reconsidered. He proposes instead that humanist drama of the sixteenth century is theatrically exciting - rather than literary, elitist and dull as it has often been seen - and socially significant, and he attempts to integrate popular and humanist values rather than setting them against each other. Taking as examples the plays of Marlowe, Heywood, Lyly and Greene, as well as many by lesser-known dramatists, the book demonstrates the contribution of humanist drama to the theatrical vitality of the sixteenth century.