Metadrama and the informer in Shakespeare and Jonson /

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Have 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 informer, this book argues that far more than mere artistic experimentation is happening here. In case studies of met...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Angus, Bill (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Informers > In literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hamlet's 'lawful espials' : metadrama, tainted authority and the ubiquitous informer
  • Every man in and out : metadramatic ideals and harsh realities
  • Sympathy for the informer ; Iago, Volpone and other metadramatic authors
  • 'Masters both of arts and lies' : metadrama and the informer in Poetaster and Sejanus
  • Falstaff, Hal, Cariolanus : metadrama and the authority of policy
  • 'Three cranes, Mitre, and mermaid men' : metadramatic self-deprecation and authority in Bartholomew Fair
  • 'Ministers of fate' : politics oversight and ideal authorities
  • Onstage overviews ; metadrama and the information market.

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