Four Renaissance Comedies (e-bog) af Robert Shaughnessy, Shaughnessy

Four Renaissance Comedies e-bog

296,28 DKK (inkl. moms 370,35 DKK)
This edition of four Renaissance comedies represents the vitality, range and diversity of the English comic drama of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reflecting both its capacity for escapist fantasy and its concern with the intrigues of everyday city life. Comprehensive textual notes establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical circumstances, as well as e...
E-bog 296,28 DKK
Forfattere Robert Shaughnessy, Shaughnessy (forfatter)
Forlag Methuen Drama
Udgivet 14 marts 2017
Længde 344 sider
Genrer 2AB
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781403938862
This edition of four Renaissance comedies represents the vitality, range and diversity of the English comic drama of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reflecting both its capacity for escapist fantasy and its concern with the intrigues of everyday city life. Comprehensive textual notes establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical circumstances, as well as explaining obscure references and allusions. A general introduction provides a helpful overview of early modern comedy in the context of Renaissance comic theory and practice, together with an assessment of its continuing theatrical appeal.