Professional playwrights : Massinger, Ford, Shirley & Brome /

The most neglected of the English Renaissance playwrights are the major Carolines -- Philip Massinger, John Ford, James Shirley, and Richard Brome. Writing in the 1620s and 1630s, always in the shadow of their great precursors, Shakespeare and Jonson, they have often been dubbed mere purveyors of sl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, Ira
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, KY : The University Press of Kentucky, [1992]
Temas:
Massinger, Philip, > 1583-1640 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ford, John, > 1586-approximately 1640 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shirley, James, > 1596-1666 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brome, Richard, > -1652? > Criticism and interpretation.
Brome, Richard, > -1652?
Ford, John, > 1586-approximately 1640.
Massinger, Philip, > 1583-1640.
Shirley, James, > 1596-1666.
1600-1699
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Caroline Professionals; The Profession; A Perspective on the Professionals; A Sociopolitical Context; A Social and Family Context; Socialization; 2 Massinger's Tragicomedy of Reformation; The Disaffections of Massinger's Privileged Patrons; Social and Political Accommodation; The Art of Redemptive Conversion; Reflection and Reciprocity in THE PICTURE; 3 Ford's Tragedy of Ritual Suffering; The Gentility of John Ford; Political and Social Resignation; Ceremonial Style; Ritual Roles in THE BROKEN HEART.
  • 4 Shirley's Social Comedy of Adaptation to DegreeShirley's Reverence for Degree; Degree's Prerogatives, Abuses, and Standards; The Clean Wit of Playful Conformity; Adapting Roles in HYDE PARK; 5 Brome's Comedy of Types and Inversions; The Revisionary Potential of Brome's Backgrounds; Political and Social Questioning; Satiric Parodies and Inversions; Generating Experimental Reform in THE ANTIPODES; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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