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Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre /

Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare's contemporariesIntelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. Analysing both the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Angus, Bill (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Errant Intelligence - The Devil's Own
  • 1 'Subtle sleights': Amity and the Informer in Damon and Pithias
  • 2 The Parasites of Machiavel
  • 3 The Knight of the Burning Pestle and the Menace of the Audience
  • 4 The Reluctant Informer: Humanising the Beast
  • 5 Metadrama and the Murderous Nature of Authority
  • 6 The Burning Issue: Metadrama and Contested Authority in Chettle's Hoffman
  • Conclusion: No One Is There - Ubiquity and Invisibility
  • Index