{"product_id":"english-renaissance-drama-hardback-9780631226291","title":"English Renaissance Drama (Hardback) 9780631226291","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnglish Renaissance Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Womack (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631226291, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 August 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.608 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... Womack offers insightful critical comments on English Renaissance playwrights, some major plays, and a variety of contextual topics.... Womack is an astute critic.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Remarkably comprehensive ... a very fine introduction for the non-specialist.\" (\u003ci\u003eTouchstone\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces emphasis on those plays that are readily available in modern editions and can sometimes to be seen in modern productions, including Shakespeare.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides students with the historical, literary and theatrical contexts they need to make sense of Renaissance drama.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a series of short biographies of playwrights during this period.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures close analyses of more than 20 plays, each of which draws attention to what makes a particular play interesting and identifies relevant critical questions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines early modern drama in terms of its characteristic actions, such as cuckolding, flattering, swaggering, going mad, and rising from the dead.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. \u003cp\u003eTimeline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Set-Up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Moment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrreligious Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourtiers and Capitalists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActors and Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBackground Voices.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAllegory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCeremony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrama.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFestivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLove.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedicine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRomance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSatire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancis Beaumont (1584\/5–1616).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Brome (c. 1590–1652).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Chapman (1559–1634).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Dekker (c. 1572–1632).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Fletcher (1579–1625).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Ford (1586–?1650).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Greene (1558–1592).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Heywood (c. 1573–1641).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Jonson (1572–1637).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Kyd (1558–1594).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher Marlowe (1564–1593).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Marston (1576–1634).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilip Massinger (1583–1640).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Middleton (1580–1627).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthony Munday (1560–1633).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Peele (1556–1596).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Rowley (d. 1626).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare (1564–1616).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Shirley (1596–1666).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCyril Tourneur (d. 1626).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Webster (c. 1579–c. 1630).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Plays\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Kyd, \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher Marlowe, \u003ci\u003eTamburlaine the Great\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher Marlowe, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Faustus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Jonson, \u003ci\u003eEvery Man In His Humour\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Dekker, \u003ci\u003eThe Shoemakers’ Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eHamlet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Marston, \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch Courtesan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Revenger’s Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Jonson, \u003ci\u003eVolpone, or, The Fox\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancis Beaumont, \u003ci\u003eThe Knight of the Burning Pestle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancis Beaumont and John Fletcher, \u003ci\u003eThe Maid’s Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, \u003ci\u003eThe Roaring Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Middleton, \u003ci\u003eA Chaste Maid in Cheapside\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Jonson, \u003ci\u003eBartholomew Fair\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Webster, \u003ci\u003eThe Duchess of Malfi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Middleton and William Rowley, \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilip Massinger, \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Actor\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Heywood, \u003ci\u003eThe Fair Maid of the West\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Ford, \u003ci\u003e’Tis Pity She’s a Whore\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Brome, \u003ci\u003eA Jovial Crew\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eActions That A Man Might Play\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttending.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing a Woman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConjuring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuckolding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDressing Up.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeigning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlattering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing Mad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInheriting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlotting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRising from the Dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeducing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSwaggering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand 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