The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists

Author: Ton Hoenselaars

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-10-11

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1107494338

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While Shakespeare's popularity has continued to grow, so has the attention paid to the work of his contemporaries. The contributors to this Companion introduce the distinctive drama of these playwrights, from the court comedies of John Lyly to the works of Richard Brome in the Caroline era. With chapters on a wide range of familiar and lesser-known dramatists, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Webster, Thomas Middleton and John Ford, this book devotes particular attention to their personal and professional relationships, occupational rivalries and collaborations. Overturning the popular misconception that Shakespeare wrote in isolation, it offers a new perspective on the most impressive body of drama in the history of the English stage.

The Influence of the Jacobean Masque on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher
The Influence of the Jacobean Masque on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

Author: Suzanne Gossett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-27

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1351848291

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This title, first published in 1988, examines the influence of the Jacobean masque on the plays of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. The author examines the ways in which the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher represent not only a great expression of human emotion, but how they are also a fine example of the growth and change of dramatic form. This title will be of interest to students of drama, literature and performance studies.

The Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher
The Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

Author: Sandra Clark

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 131786669X

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This is an analysis of sexual themes in the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, both in the context of the Jacobean theatre and in the light of modern readings of sexuality and gender during the English Renaissance. Sandra Clark challenges commonly-held perceptions of Beaumont and Fletcher's work. The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate courses on Renaissance literature, Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, tragicomedy, gender and genre in the Renaissance.

Shakespearean Power and Punishment
Shakespearean Power and Punishment

Author: Gillian Murray Kendall

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780838636794

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The essays in this volume demonstrate how effectively different -- indeed seemingly contradictory -- theoretical paradigms can work with Shakespeare's plays to excavate issues of power and punishment.

Shakespeare's Repentance Plays
Shakespeare's Repentance Plays

Author: Alan R. Velie

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780838611265

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Follows the treatment of repentance in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest to show the relationship of theme and form, and the dramatist's experimentation with forms until he accomplished his goal--the probing psychological exploration of men who sin, repent, and achieve redemption.