Screen LibraryA companion to Renaissance drama
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470998922 |
| Item Description: | Originally published: 2002. |
| Carrier Form: | 648 pages |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780470998922 047099892X 9781405165297 1405165294 |
| Index Number: | PR651 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Contents: |
pt. 1. The drama's world: The politics of Renaissance England / Norman Jones -- Political thought and theatre, 1580-1630 / Annabel Patterson -- Religious persuasions, c.1580-c.1620 / Lori Anne Ferrell -- Social discourse and the changing economy / Lee Beier -- London and Westminster / Ian W. Archer -- Vagrancy / William C. Carroll -- Family and household / Martin Ingram -- Travel and trade / William H. Sherman -- Everyday custom and popular culture / Michael Bristol -- Magic and witchcraft / Deborah Willis. pt. 2. The world of drama: Playhouses / Herbert Berry -- The transmission of an English Renaissance play-text / Grace Ioppolo -- Playing companies and repertory / Roslyn L. Knutson -- Must the devil appear? : audiences, actors, stage business / C.P. Cerasano -- "The actors are come hither" : traveling companies / Peter H. Greenfield -- Jurisdiction of theatre and censorship / Richard Dutton. pt. 3. Kinds of drama: Medieval and Reformation roots / Raphael Falco -- The academic drama / Robert S. Knapp -- "What revels are in hand?" : performances in the great households / Suzanne Westfall -- Progresses and court entertainments / R. Malcolm Smits -- Civic drama / Laurence Manley -- Boy companies and private theatres / Michael Shapiro -- Revenge tragedy / Eugene D. Hill -- Staging the malcontent in Early Modern England / Mark Thornton Burnett -- City comedy -- John A. Twyning -- Domestic tragedy : private life on the public stage / Lena Cowen Orlin -- Romance and tragicomedy / Maurice Hunt -- Gendering the stage / Alison Findlay -- Closet drama / Marta Straznicky. pt. 4. Dramatists: Continental influences / Lawrence F. Rhu -- Christopher Marlowe / Emily C. Bartels -- Ben Jonson / W. David Kay -- Sidney, Cary, Wroth / Margaret Ferguson -- Thomas Middleton / John Jowett -- Beaumont and Fletcher / Lee Bliss -- Collaboration / Philip C. McGuire -- John Webster / Elli Abraham Shellist -- John Ford / Maria DiGangi. |