Metadrama and the Informer in Shakespeare and Jonson /
Explores disturbing connections between authors and informers revealed in the metadrama of Shakespeare and JonsonHave you ever wondered what was really going on in the inner-plays, secret overhearing, and tacit observations of early modern drama? Taking on the shadowy figure of the early modern info...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Suspect Devices - Metadrama and the Narcissism of Small Differences
- Chapter 1. Hamlet's 'lawful espials': Metadrama, Tainted Authority and the Ubiquitous Informer
- Chapter 2. Every Man In and Out: Metadramatic Ideals and Harsh Realities
- Chapter 3. Sympathy for the Informer: Iago, Volpone and Other Metadramatic Authors
- Chapter 4. 'Masters both of arts and lies': Metadrama and the Informer in Poetaster and Sejanus
- Chapter 5. Falstaff, Hal, Coriolanus: Metadrama and the Authority of Policy
- Chapter 6. 'Three Cranes, Mitre, and Mermaid men': Metadramatic Self-Deprecation and Authority in Bartholomew Fair
- Chapter 7. 'Ministers of Fate': Politic Oversight and Ideal Authorities
- Chapter 8. Onstage Overviews: Metadrama and the Information Market
- Conclusion
- Index