Description |
xvii, 623 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
Series |
Blackwell companions to literature and culture
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The politics of renaissance England / Norman Jones -- Political thought and theater, 1580-1630 / Annabel Patterson -- Religious persuasions, c 1580-1620 / 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 science / William H. Sherman -- Everyday custom and popular culture / Michael Bristol -- Magic and witchcraft / Deborah Willis -- 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 / S.P. Cerasano -- "The actors are come hither": travelling companies / Peter H. Greenfield -- Jurisdiction of theater and censorship / Richard Dutton -- 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 Smuts -- Civic drama / Lawrence Manley -- Boy companies and private theaters / 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 -- Continental influences / Lawrence F. Rhu -- Christopher Marlow / 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 / Mario DiGangi. |
Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English drama. |
Chronological Term |
17th century |
Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Subject |
Renaissance -- England -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Renaissance. |
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England. |
Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Added Author |
Kinney, Arthur F., 1933-2021.
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Added Title |
Renaissance drama |
ISBN |
0631219501 acid-free paper |
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9780631219507 acid-free paper |
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