| English Renaissance Drama (Blackwell Guides to Literature) |  | Author: Peter Womack Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Category: eBooks
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Sales Rank: 465,030
Format: Kindle eBook Language: English (Published) Media: Kindle Edition Edition: 1 Pages: 334 Number Of Items: 1
ASIN: B000WLVKAG
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description 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.
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