{"product_id":"dramatic-form-in-shakespeare-and-the-jacobeans-paperback-9780521137003","title":"Dramatic Form in Shakespeare and the Jacobeans (Paperback) 9780521137003","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDramatic Form in Shakespeare and the Jacobeans\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of essays concerned with aspects of dramatic form in works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeo Salingar (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521137003, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThese essays are concerned with aspects of dramatic form, such as plot construction and characterisation, in works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. They focus in detail on the plays' texts, at the same time seeking to establish around them the dramatists' view of their world. Leo Salingar examines six plays by Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Twelfth Night, Hamlet and King Lear) and five leading works by other Jacobean playwrights (Volpone, The Silent Woman, Bartholomew Fair, The Revenger's Tragedy and The Changeling). There is also a study of Cervantes' Don Quixote, and two general essays on drama in the light of Elizabethan usage of the key words art and wit. Each study considers its subject from a perspective that takes account of social history, stage conditions, the history of ideas, or critical theory. The collection provides a coherent survey of the dramatic forms in Shakespeare's time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Shakespeare and the Italian concept of 'art'\u003cbr\u003e 2. Is The Merchant of Venice a problem play?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Falstaff and the life of shadows\u003cbr\u003e 4. The design of Twelfth Night\u003cbr\u003e 5. Shakespeare and the ventriloquists\u003cbr\u003e 6. Romance in King Lear\u003cbr\u003e 7. King Lear, Montaigne and Harsnett\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Wit' in Jacobean comedy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Comic form in Ben Jonson: Volpone and the philosopher's stone\u003cbr\u003e 10. Farce and fashion in The Silent Woman\u003cbr\u003e 11. Crowd and public in Bartholomew Fair\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Revenger's Tragedy and the Morality tradition\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Changeling and the drama of domestic life\u003cbr\u003e 14. Don Quixote as a prose epic\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006685303064,"sku":"9780521137003","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521137003i_c6dbc9ef-b987-4198-ac8c-f3f32400605a.jpg?v=1691372265","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dramatic-form-in-shakespeare-and-the-jacobeans-paperback-9780521137003","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}