Author: T. F. Wharton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521651360
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is an invaluable collection of critical essays on the work of dramatist John Marston.
The Drama of John Marston
Author: T. F. Wharton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521651360
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is an invaluable collection of critical essays on the work of dramatist John Marston.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521651360
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This is an invaluable collection of critical essays on the work of dramatist John Marston.
Ben Jonson, John Marston and Early Modern Drama
Author: Rebecca Yearling
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137563990
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public rivalry with Jonson than for the quality of his plays, this book argues that such a view of Marston seriously underestimates his importance to the theatre of his time. In it, the author contends that Marston's plays represent an experiment in a new kind of satiric drama, with origins in the humanist tradition of serio ludere. His works—deliberately unpredictable, inconsistent and metatheatrical—subvert theatrical conventions and provide confusingly multiple perspectives on the action, forcing their spectators to engage actively with the drama and the moral dilemmas that it presents. The book argues that Marston's work thus anticipates and perhaps influenced the mid-period work of Ben Jonson, in plays such as Sejanus, Volpone and The Alchemist.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137563990
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public rivalry with Jonson than for the quality of his plays, this book argues that such a view of Marston seriously underestimates his importance to the theatre of his time. In it, the author contends that Marston's plays represent an experiment in a new kind of satiric drama, with origins in the humanist tradition of serio ludere. His works—deliberately unpredictable, inconsistent and metatheatrical—subvert theatrical conventions and provide confusingly multiple perspectives on the action, forcing their spectators to engage actively with the drama and the moral dilemmas that it presents. The book argues that Marston's work thus anticipates and perhaps influenced the mid-period work of Ben Jonson, in plays such as Sejanus, Volpone and The Alchemist.
John Marston's Drama
Author: George L. Geckle
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838621578
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A work of historical criticism that offers new interpretations of the nine plays attributed solely to John Marston. Explores his use of literary, historical, and intellectual sources and focuses on recurrent major images and themes in the plays.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838621578
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A work of historical criticism that offers new interpretations of the nine plays attributed solely to John Marston. Explores his use of literary, historical, and intellectual sources and focuses on recurrent major images and themes in the plays.
The Drama of John Marston: a Study in Polarity
Author: Merrill Sheridan Snyder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Renaissance Drama 32
Author: Jeffrey Masten
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810119560
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Renaissance Drama, an annual and interdisciplinary publication, is devoted to drama and performance as a central feature of Renaissance culture. The essays in each volume explore traditional canons of drama, the significance of performance (broadly construed) to early modern culture, and the impact of new forms of interpretation on the study of Renaissance plays, theatre, and performance.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810119560
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Renaissance Drama, an annual and interdisciplinary publication, is devoted to drama and performance as a central feature of Renaissance culture. The essays in each volume explore traditional canons of drama, the significance of performance (broadly construed) to early modern culture, and the impact of new forms of interpretation on the study of Renaissance plays, theatre, and performance.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists
Author: A. J. Hoenselaars
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521767547
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This Companion is devoted to the life and works of Shakespeare and contemporary playwrights in early modern London.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521767547
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This Companion is devoted to the life and works of Shakespeare and contemporary playwrights in early modern London.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists
Author: Ton Hoenselaars
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494338
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494338
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage.
Renaissance Drama
Author: Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118823915
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
Book Description
RENAISSANCE DRAMA Experience the best and most noteworthy works of Renaissance drama This Third Edition of Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments is the latest installment of a groundbreaking collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama. Covering not only the popular drama of the period, Renaissance Drama includes masques, Lord Mayor shows, royal performances, and the popular mystery plays of the time. The selections fairly represent the variety and quality of Renaissance drama and they include works of scholarly and literary interest. Each work included in this edition comes with an insightful and illuminating introduction that places the piece in its historical and cultural context, with accompanying text explaining the significance of each piece and the ways in which it interacts with other works. New to this edition are: The famous entertainment for Elizabeth at Kenilworth George Peele’s remarkably inventive The Old Wives’ Tale The oft-forgotten history of Thomas of Woodstock, predecessor to Shakespeare’s Richard II John Lyly’s Gallathea, a work which explores gender and love, written for the Children’s Company at Saint Paul’s Ben Johnson’s Volpone and the controversial Epicoene Perfect for scholars, teachers, and readers of the English Renaissance, Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments belongs on the bookshelves of anyone with even a passing interest in the drama of its time.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118823915
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
Book Description
RENAISSANCE DRAMA Experience the best and most noteworthy works of Renaissance drama This Third Edition of Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments is the latest installment of a groundbreaking collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama. Covering not only the popular drama of the period, Renaissance Drama includes masques, Lord Mayor shows, royal performances, and the popular mystery plays of the time. The selections fairly represent the variety and quality of Renaissance drama and they include works of scholarly and literary interest. Each work included in this edition comes with an insightful and illuminating introduction that places the piece in its historical and cultural context, with accompanying text explaining the significance of each piece and the ways in which it interacts with other works. New to this edition are: The famous entertainment for Elizabeth at Kenilworth George Peele’s remarkably inventive The Old Wives’ Tale The oft-forgotten history of Thomas of Woodstock, predecessor to Shakespeare’s Richard II John Lyly’s Gallathea, a work which explores gender and love, written for the Children’s Company at Saint Paul’s Ben Johnson’s Volpone and the controversial Epicoene Perfect for scholars, teachers, and readers of the English Renaissance, Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments belongs on the bookshelves of anyone with even a passing interest in the drama of its time.
The Cambridge History of English Literature: The drama to 1642, pt. 1-2
Author: Alfred Rayney Waller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
The Cambridge History of English Literature: The drama to 1642
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description