Screen LibraryRomance on the early modern stage English expansion before and after Shakespeare /
What is dramatic romance? Scholars have long turned to Shakespeare's biography to answer this question, marking his 'late plays' as the beginning and end of the dramatic romance. This book identifies an earlier history for this genre, revealing how stage romances imaginatively expande...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
|
| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137322715 |
| Summary: |
What is dramatic romance? Scholars have long turned to Shakespeare's biography to answer this question, marking his 'late plays' as the beginning and end of the dramatic romance. This book identifies an earlier history for this genre, revealing how stage romances imaginatively expanded audience interest in England's emerging global economy. |
| Item Description: |
Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137322708, 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | 264 p. : 4 b&w, ill. |
| ISBN: |
9781137322708 9781137322715 : 1137322713 : |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Contents: | List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction - Romance and the Globe 1. Romancing Shakespeare 2. 'Asia of the one side, and Afric of the other': Sidney's Unities and the Staging of Romance 3. Imagined Empires: The Cultural Geography of Stage Romance 4. Chronicle History, Cosmopolitan Romance: Henry V and the Generic Boundaries of the Second Tetralogy 5. Containing Romance and Plotting Empire in The Tempest and Pericles 6. Milton's Imperial Mask e: Staging Romance on the Border of Wales Coda - Global Romance after Shakespeare Appendix 1 Bibliography Index. |