The Elizabethan Dumb Show
The Elizabethan Dumb Show

Author: Dieter Mehl

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-10-22

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0415610788

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

First published in English in 1965, this book discusses the roots and development of the dumb show as a device in Elizabethan drama. The work provides not only a useful manual for those who wish to check the occurrence of dumb shows and the uses to which they are put; it also makes a real contribution to a better understanding of the progress of Elizabethan drama, and sheds new light on some of the lesser known plays of the period.

The Theory and Analysis of Drama
The Theory and Analysis of Drama

Author: Manfred Pfister

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780521423830

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Manfred Pfister's book is the first to provide a coherent comprehensive framework for the analysis of plays in all their dramatic and theatrical dimensions. The material on which his analysis is based covers all genres and periods. His approach is systematic rather than historical, combining more abstract categorisations with detailed interpretations of sample texts.

Shakespeare without Boundaries
Shakespeare without Boundaries

Author: Christa Jansohn

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2010-12-09

Total Pages: 539

ISBN-13: 1644531585

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Shakespeare without Boundaries: Essays in Honor of Dieter Mehl offers a wide-ranging collection of essays written by an international team of distinguished scholars who attempt to define, to challenge, and to erode boundaries that currently inhibit understanding of Shakespeare, and to exemplify how approaches that defy traditional bounds of study and criticism may enhance understanding and enjoyment of a dramatist who acknowledged no boundaries in art. The Volume is published in tribute to Professor Dieter Mehl, whose critical and scholarly work on authors from Chaucer through Shakespeare to D. H. Lawrence has transcended temporal and national boundaries in its range and scope, and who, as Ann Jennalie Cook writes, has contributed significantly to the erasure of political boundaries that have endangered the unity of German literary scholarship and, more broadly, through his work for the International Shakespeare Association, to the globalization of Shakespeare studies. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.