The figure of the crowd in early modern London : the city and its double /

This book examines the cultural phenomenon of the urban crowd in the context of early modern London's population crisis. Munro explores the crowd's double function as a symbol of the city's growth and as the necessary context for the public performance of urban culture. Its central ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Munro, Ian, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Early modern cultural studies.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge and learning.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1500-1699
English literature > England > London > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Crowds > England > London > History > 17th century.
Crowds > England > London > History > 16th century.
Crowds in literature.
Littérature anglaise > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Foules > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Foules > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Foules dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Learning and scholarship
Crowds
Crowds in literature
English drama
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
English literature
Intellectual life
Literature
Population
London (England) > Population > History > 17th century.
London (England) > Population > History > 16th century.
London (England) > Intellectual life.
London (England) > In literature.
Londres (Angleterre) > Vie intellectuelle.
England > London
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Crowded Spaces
  • Imaginary Numbers: City, Crowd, Theatre
  • London's Mirror: Civic Ritual and the Crowd
  • "Shakespeare's London": The Scene of London in the Second Tetralogy and Henry VIII
  • Distracted Multitude: The Theatre and the Many-Headed Monster
  • "Rome, etc.": Sejanus, Julius Caesar, and the Prodigious City
  • "A kind of nothing": Plague Time in Early Modern London.

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