{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-style-in-early-modern-drama-forms-of-talk-on-the-london-stage-hardback-9781316517468","title":"The Pursuit of Style in Early Modern Drama; Forms of Talk on the London Stage (Hardback) 9781316517468","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Pursuit of Style in Early Modern Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eForms of Talk on the London Stage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMatthew Hunter shows how early modern plays modeled diverse styles of talk for audiences inhabiting a newly public world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Hunter (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316517468, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 August 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.532 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'Matthew Hunter brings an entirely fresh perspective to the notion of style in early modern drama, conceiving it in terms of generative forms directly affecting interaction in the public world. He shows, on the one hand, how people adapted such polished theatrical forms as 'tough talk,' 'court talk,' or' 'love talk' as scripts for their own social performances, and, on the other, how people reacted to one another's 'misfires' in their attempts at stylistic appropriation. The book brilliantly illuminates the dialogic feedback loop by which stage-plays both create and parody the public's aspirational pursuit of style.' Lynne Magnusson, University of Toronto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Pursuit of Style in Early Modern Drama examines how early modern plays celebrated the power of different styles of talk to create dynamic forms of public address. Across the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, London expanded into an uncomfortably public city where everyone was a stranger to everyone else. The relentless anonymity of urban life spurred dreams of its opposite: of being a somebody rather than a nobody, of being the object of public attention rather than its subject. Drama gave life to this fantasy. Presented by strangers and to strangers, early modern plays codified different styles of talk as different forms of public sociability. Then, as now, to speak of style was to speak of a fantasy of public address. Offering fresh insight for scholars of literature and drama, Matthew Hunter reveals how this fantasy – which still holds us in its thrall – played out on the early modern stage.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: speaking of style\u003cbr\u003e 1. Stage Talk\u003cbr\u003e 2. Love Talk\u003cbr\u003e 3. Court Talk\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tough Talk\u003cbr\u003e 5. Plain Talk\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: speaking of judgment\u003cbr\u003e Selected works cited\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":46266472759576,"sku":"9781316517468","price":64.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316517468i.jpg?v=1696681776","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-pursuit-of-style-in-early-modern-drama-forms-of-talk-on-the-london-stage-hardback-9781316517468","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}