A Short History Of English Renaissance Drama
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A Short History Of English Renaissance Drama
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Author : Helen Hackett
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-10-05
A Short History Of English Renaissance Drama written by Helen Hackett and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Shakespeare is a towering presence in English and indeed global culture. Yet considered alongside his contemporaries he was not an isolated phenomenon, but the product of a period of astonishing creative fertility. This was an age when new media - popular drama and print - were seized upon avidly and inventively by a generation of exceptionally talented writers. In her sparkling new book, Helen Hackett explores the historical contexts of English Renaissance drama by situating it in the wider history of ideas. She traces the origins of Renaissance theatre in communal religious drama, civic pageantry and court entertainment and vividly describes the playing conditions of Elizabethan and Jacobean playhouses. Examining Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson in turn, the author assesses the distinctive contribution made by each playwright to the creation of English drama. She then turns to revenge tragedy, with its gothic poetry of sex and death; city comedy, domestic tragedy and tragicomedy; and gender and drama, with female roles played by boy actors in commercial playhouses while women participated in drama at court and elsewhere. The book places Renaissance drama in the exciting and vibrant cosmopolitanism of sixteenth-century London.
English Renaissance Drama
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Author : Peter Womack
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
English Renaissance Drama written by Peter Womack and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
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 A Very Short Introduction To Theatre And Theatres In Shakespeare S Time
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Author : C W R D Moseley
language : en
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
Release Date :
English Renaissance Drama A Very Short Introduction To Theatre And Theatres In Shakespeare S Time written by C W R D Moseley and has been published by Humanities-Ebooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Literary Criticism categories.
Introduces the conclusions of recent scholarship and research into theatrical conditions, conventions and concepts in the time of Shakespeare. The book begins with a discussion of the origins of early modern English drama and of the theatres that were built for it. Attitudes to theatre and to players, and what audiences expected of both, are explored in the contexts of the constraints of the acting space and the political culture. The book then looks at the structure and dynamics of the theatrical companies before concluding with a discussion of the genres of plays and the expectations of them that people (including writers) held. Appendices list brief details of the major dramatists of the time, and summarise the main historical and dramatic events.
A Short History Of English Renaissance Drama
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Author : Helen Hackett
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-10-05
A Short History Of English Renaissance Drama written by Helen Hackett and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-05 with History categories.
Shakespeare is a towering presence in English and indeed global culture. Yet considered alongside his contemporaries he was not an isolated phenomenon, but the product of a period of astonishing creative fertility. This was an age when new media - popular drama and print - were seized upon avidly and inventively by a generation of exceptionally talented writers. In her sparkling new book, Helen Hackett explores the historical contexts of English Renaissance drama by situating it in the wider history of ideas. She traces the origins of Renaissance theatre in communal religious drama, civic pageantry and court entertainment and vividly describes the playing conditions of Elizabethan and Jacobean playhouses. Examining Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson in turn, the author assesses the distinctive contribution made by each playwright to the creation of English drama. She then turns to revenge tragedy, with its gothic poetry of sex and death; city comedy, domestic tragedy and tragicomedy; and gender and drama, with female roles played by boy actors in commercial playhouses while women participated in drama at court and elsewhere. The book places Renaissance drama in the exciting and vibrant cosmopolitanism of sixteenth-century London.
A Short History Of English Drama
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Author : Benjamin Ifor Evans
language : en
Publisher: London, MacGibbon
Release Date : 1965
A Short History Of English Drama written by Benjamin Ifor Evans and has been published by London, MacGibbon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with English drama categories.
Renaissance Drama In England And Spain
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Author : John C. Loftis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-01-01
Renaissance Drama In England And Spain written by John C. Loftis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with categories.
English Renaissance Tragedy
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Author : Peter Holbrook
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-24
English Renaissance Tragedy written by Peter Holbrook and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book's underlying claim is that English Renaissance tragedy addresses live issues in the experience of readers and spectators today: it is not a genre to be studied only for aesthetic or “heritage” reasons. The book considers the way in which tragedy in general, and English Renaissance tragedy in particular, addresses ideas of freedom, understood both from an individual and a sociopolitical perspective. Tragedy since the Greeks has addressed the constraints and necessities to which human life is subject (Fate, the gods, chance, the conflict between state and individual) as well as the human desire for autonomy and self-direction. In short, English Renaissance Tragedy: Ideas of Freedom shows how the tragic drama of Shakespeare's age addresses problems of freedom, slavery, and tyranny in ways that speak to us now.
Renaissance Drama And The Politics Of Publication
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Author : Zachary Lesser
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-11-18
Renaissance Drama And The Politics Of Publication written by Zachary Lesser and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-18 with Drama categories.
A study of the practices and politics of early modern publishers of plays.
English Renaissance Drama
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Author : David M Bevington
language : en
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
Release Date : 2014-01-01
English Renaissance Drama written by David M Bevington and has been published by Humanities-Ebooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with History categories.
Early Responses To Renaissance Drama
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Author : Charles Whitney
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-08-31
Early Responses To Renaissance Drama written by Charles Whitney and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-31 with Drama categories.
A study of early responses to the plays of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and other Renaissance dramatists.