Jacobean Drama
Jacobean Drama

Author: Pascale Aebischer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-07-30

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1350309974

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The plays of Shakespeare's contemporaries are increasingly popular thanks to a spate of recent stage and screen productions and to courses that set Shakespeare's plays in context. This Reader's Guide introduces students to the criticism and debates that are specific to the drama of playwrights such as Jonson, Middleton, Dekker and Webster. Pascale Aebischer explores recent critical developments in key areas including: - How the plays were staged and printed - Innovative editions of plays - How the plays represent and contest the dominant ideologies of the Jacobean period - Dramatic genres - The representation of the human body and of social, gender and race relations - Modern productions on stage and screen Featuring suggestions for further research and reading, and a filmography of commercially available film versions of non-Shakespearean drama, this is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the diverse plays of the Jacobean age.

Jacobean Drama as Social Criticism
Jacobean Drama as Social Criticism

Author: James Hogg

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13:

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This collection of essays looks at the social criticism of such authors as Middleton, Webster, Massinger, Ford, John Fletcher, as well as considering the activities of the Actors' Companies and the production of Latin plays. Political criticism is found in the form of allusion in the tragedies, while the comedies are seen as mocking the shortcomings of the professional, middle and lower classes, some of the satire being directed against the way of speaking of the characters depicted.

Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama
Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama

Author: Mark Kaethler

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-05-10

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1501513990

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Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama represents the first sustained study of Middleton’s dramatic works as responses to James I’s governance. Through examining Middleton’s poiesis in relation to the political theology of Jacobean London, Kaethler explores early forms of free speech, namely parrhēsia, and rhetorical devices, such as irony and allegory, to elucidate the ways in which Middleton’s plural art exposes the limitations of the monarch’s sovereign image. By drawing upon earlier forms of dramatic intervention, James’s writings, and popular literature that blossomed during the Jacobean period, including news pamphlets, the book surveys a selection of Middleton’s writings, ranging from his first extant play The Phoenix (1604) to his scandalous finale A Game at Chess (1624). In the course of this investigation, the author identifies that although Middleton’s drama spurs political awareness and questions authority, it nevertheless simultaneously promotes alternative structures of power, which manifest as misogyny and white supremacy.

Unperfect Histories
Unperfect Histories

Author: Harriet Archer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0198806175

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A detailed exploration of a significant work of Tudor literature, The Mirror for Magistrates. The volume shows how the text is more than a moralistic collection of poems and how it is concerned with the transmission of national history, and the ways in which the past can be distorted, misremembered, misinterpreted, or lost.

Personal Bias in Literary Criticism
Personal Bias in Literary Criticism

Author: Nagendra Prasad

Publisher: Sarup & Sons

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9788176253123

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Study on the works of Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, Mattew Arnold, 1822-1888 and T.S. Eliot, 1888-1965, English litterateurs.

ROMARD: Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama, vol 50
ROMARD: Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama, vol 50

Author: Dr. Mario Longtin

Publisher: First Circle Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0991976002

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ROMARD is an academic journal devoted to the study and promotion of Medieval and Renaissance drama in Europe. Previously published under the title of Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama (RORD), the journal has been in publication since 1956. ROMARD is published annually at the University of Western Ontario. Manuscripts are submitted to the Editor, Mario Longtin, via email at [email protected]. For further details, please visit the ROMARD website at www.romard.org.

The Drama of John Marston
The Drama of John Marston

Author: T. F. Wharton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0521651360

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This is an invaluable collection of critical essays on the work of dramatist John Marston.

A Study of Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy
A Study of Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy

Author: T. B. Tomlinson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-02-03

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780521148276

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This study combines a consideration of the general issues affecting Elizabethan and Jacobean tragedy with particular comment on plays.

Big-Time Shakespeare
Big-Time Shakespeare

Author: Michael D. Bristol

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-12

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1134928599

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Bristol debates Shakespeare's cultural success and widespread notoriety, his achievement of contemporary celebrity and argues that Shakespeare's plays represent the pathos of our civilization with extraordinary force and clarity.

Indian Doctoral Dissertations in English Studies
Indian Doctoral Dissertations in English Studies

Author: K. Naseem

Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9788171569045

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Indian Research In English Studies Has A Long And Rich Tradition But, Unfortunately, It Has Failed To Make Any Notable Impact On The Academic World. This Is Largely Due To The Fact That Most Of The Indian Doctoral Dissertations In English Studies Lie Buried In University Libraries And Are Inaccessible To Aspiring Researchers. No Attempt Has Been Made So Far To Establish Any Link Or Co-Ordination Between Research Activities Of Different Universities/Institutes. This Has Resulted In A Total Neglect Of Earlier Research And Unnecessary Duplication.The Present Volume Is Designed To End This Unhappy Situation By Providing A Complete And Authentic Account Of Research Carried Out In Indian Universities Not Only In British, American, Commonwealth And Indian English Literature But Also In Comparative Studies, Translation Studies, Language, Linguistics And Elt. Entries On The Above Mentioned Are Arranged Subject-Wise In Chronological Sequence And Are Followed By A Separate Section On Individual Authors In Alphabetical Order. Thus It Provides A Consolidated View Of Indian Research In English And Serves As An Invaluable Reference Manual. It Is A Step Towards Orientation And Systematisation Of Indian Research In English Studies And Will Help To Make Research A Well-Informed, Well-Planned And Meaningful Exercise.