Shakespeare's stage traffic : imitation, borrowing and competition in Renaissance theatre /

"Shakespeare's unique status has made critics reluctant to acknowledge the extent to which some of his plays are the outcome of adaptation. In Shakespeare's Stage Traffic Janet Clare re-situates Shakespeare's dramaturgy within the flourishing and competitive theatrical trade of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clare, Janet, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1500-1600
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Imitation in literature.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
Imitation (Littérature)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
Imitation in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Troublesome reigns
  • Marlowe and the dramaturgy of the Queen's Men
  • Shakespeare and the Queen's Men
  • The King John plays
  • The Troublesome Reign of King John
  • Intertextualities
  • The True Tragedy of Richard the Third and Richard III
  • The play of revenge
  • Intertextualities
  • History as performance
  • 2. Deposing kings
  • The chronology of Woodstock and Richard II
  • Working with the chronicles
  • Woodstock and Richard II: intertextualities
  • Misgoverning and misgoverned
  • History and tragedy
  • The dramaturgy of Edward II
  • 3. Cross-cultural comedy
  • The publication of The Taming of a Shrew
  • Authorship
  • The dramaturgy of the 'Shrew' plays
  • The lore of shrews
  • Plautus and The Comedy of Errors: translation and imitation
  • Stage traffic within Gray's Inn
  • The Comedy of Errors: Plautus re-visioned
  • 4. Competing dramaturgies: later comedy
  • Lyly's dramaturgy and A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Theories of playing
  • Migrating tales
  • The stage Jew: The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice
  • Romantic and satiric comedy
  • 5. Medley history
  • The impact of The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth
  • Diversions of history
  • The victories of Henry V
  • 6. Hamlet and the 'humour of children'
  • A series of Hamlets
  • Countering The Spanish Tragedy
  • The revenge of the boys
  • - The Spanish Tragedy expanded
  • Burlesque
  • The revival of Jeronimo
  • Dramaturgy of revenge
  • 7. Conversion: from Elizabethan to Jacobean theatre
  • Locating Measure for Measure
  • The context of civic humanism
  • Promos and Cassandra
  • Intertextualities
  • The Duke: theatrical prototype and King James
  • Leir and the matter of Britain
  • The True Chronicle History of King Leir, and his three daughters, Gonorill, Ragan, and Cordella
  • From romance to tragedy
  • King Lear and the matter of Britain
  • 8. Generic transformations
  • Romance, tragicomedy, and 'late' Shakespeare
  • Fletcher and tragicomedy
  • Tragicomic dramaturgy
  • Philaster and Cymbeline
  • Cross-dressed heroines
  • Dramaturgy
  • Blackfriars
  • When You See Me, You Know Me and Henry VIII
  • Plays and patrons
  • Henry VIII: stage traffic
  • Afterword.

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