Author : Emma Josephine Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 18,17 MB
Release : 2010-08-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521519373
Introducing the reader to important topics in English Renaissance tragedy, this Companion presents fresh readings of key texts.
Author : A. R. Braunmuller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 2003-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521821155
This new edition of the Companion provides updated information about the principal theaters, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580-1642. Revised essays are included in chapters on theaters, dramaturgy, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, and drama produced during the reign of Charles I. Their references have been updated and the substantial biographical and bibliographical section has been expanded. First Edition Hb (1990): 0-521-34657-6 First Edition Pb (1990): 0-521-38662-4
Author : Claire McEachern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 14,34 MB
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 110701977X
This updated Companion has been fully revised and includes an extensively overhauled bibliography and four new chapters by leading scholars.
Author : Michael Hattaway
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 19,50 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0470998725
This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference. Provides new perspectives on established texts. Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions. Pioneered by leading scholars. Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies. Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.
Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,31 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521779425
An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.
Author : Michael Hattaway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 32,5 MB
Release : 2002-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521775397
Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike.
Author : Patrick Cheney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 23,28 MB
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521527347
The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe provides a full introduction to one of the great pioneers of both the Elizabethan stage and modern English poetry. It recalls that Marlowe was an inventor of the English history play (Edward II) and of Ovidian narrative verse (Hero and Leander), as well as being author of such masterpieces of tragedy and lyric as Doctor Faustus and 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love'. Sixteen leading scholars provide accessible and authoritative chapters on Marlowe's life, texts, style, politics, religion, and classicism. The volume also considers his literary and patronage relationships and his representations of sexuality and gender and of geography and identity; his presence in modern film and theatre; and finally his influence on subsequent writers. The Companion includes a chronology of Marlowe's life, a note on reference works, and a reading list for each chapter.
Author : Richard Harp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521646789
An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.
Author : Ton Hoenselaars
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 33,73 MB
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1107494338
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.
Author : Deborah Payne Fisk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 10,50 MB
Release : 2000-05-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521588126
Fourteen specially commissioned essays provide essential information about staging, playwrights, themes and genres in the drama of the Restoration.
