While most critical writing on Jonson concentrates on the plays, poems or masques seen in isolation, this title, first published in 1981, ranges across the genres to explore Jonson's vision as a whole.
The work of dramatists such as George Chapman, Thomas Heywood, Cyril Tourneur, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford can profitably be studied as attempts to construct a new moral order in response to the absence or weakening of the religious sanction.
The work of dramatists such as George Chapman, Thomas Heywood, Cyril Tourneur, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford can profitably be studied as attempts to construct a new moral order in response to the absence or weakening of the religious sanction.
While most critical writing on Jonson concentrates on the plays, poems or masques seen in isolation, this title, first published in 1981, ranges across the genres to explore Jonson's vision as a whole.
Although not much is known about the three Stuart plays in this edition, which was first published in 1987, we can ascribe them to one of the English universities, and each is indicative of a distinctly different influence on the Renaissance academic drama.
Although not much is known about the three Stuart plays in this edition, which was first published in 1987, we can ascribe them to one of the English universities, and each is indicative of a distinctly different influence on the Renaissance academic drama.
In New Dramaturgies: Strategies and Exercises for 21st Century Playwriting, Mark Bly offers a new playwriting book with nine unique play-generating exercises.
In New Dramaturgies: Strategies and Exercises for 21st Century Playwriting, Mark Bly offers a new playwriting book with nine unique play-generating exercises.
This book looks at Shakespeare through performance, capturing the dialogue between performance, Shakespeare, and contemporary concerns in the humanities.
Shakespeare and Renaissance Ethics examines representations of moral choice in Shakespeare''s plays, focusing on intellectual history, Montaigne, and Christian ethics.
This book looks at Shakespeare through performance, capturing the dialogue between performance, Shakespeare, and contemporary concerns in the humanities.
Shakespeare and Renaissance Ethics examines representations of moral choice in Shakespeare''s plays, focusing on intellectual history, Montaigne, and Christian ethics.
Examines the engagement of Aristophanes'' Thesmophoriazusae with Parmenidean philosophy to issue a political critique of tragic deception and its effects.
Examines the engagement of Aristophanes'' Thesmophoriazusae with Parmenidean philosophy to issue a political critique of tragic deception and its effects.
This book establishes the significance of actresses, female playgoers and women critics in shaping Shakespeare''s burgeoning reputation in the eighteenth century.
