English Tragedy before Shakespeare (Routledge Revivals) : the Development of Dramatic Speech.

First published in English in 1961, this reissue relates the problems of form and style to the development of dramatic speech in pre-Shakespearean tragedy. The work offers positive standards by which to assess the development of pre-Shakespearean drama and, by tracing certain characteristics in Eliz...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clemen, Wolfgang
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Routledge revivals.
Subjects:
1500-1600
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Tragédie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
English drama (Tragedy)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fornt Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction; PART ONE; 2 The Set Speech in Renaissance Drama and Contemporary Theory; 3 The Basic Types of Dramatic Set Speech; 4 Gorboduc; PART TWO; 5 English Classical Plays; 6 Locrine; 7 Kyd; 8 Marlowe I. Tamburlaine; 9 Imitations of Marlowe's Tamburlaine. Selimus and The Wounds of Civil War; 10 Marlowe II. The Later Plays; 11 Peele; 12 Greene; 13 Popular Drama and History Plays; 14 The Dramatic Lament and Its Forms; PART THREE; 15 The Pre-Shakespearian Dramatic Lament.
  • 16 ConclusionSelect Bibliography; Index of Authors and Subjects; Index of Plays.

Similar Items