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Theatre and humanism : English drama in the sixteenth century /
"This book examines the hundred years of drama preceding Shakespeare in the light of a critical problem: English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic, and moralistic; but by the end of the century theatre was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book examines the hundred years of drama preceding Shakespeare in the light of a critical problem: English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic, and moralistic; but by the end of the century theatre was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could such a change occur? Kent Cartwright suggests that some theories of early Renaissance theatre - particularly the theory that Elizabethan plays are best seen in the tradition of morality drama - need to to be reconsidered. He proposes instead that humanist drama of the sixteenth century is theatrically exciting - rather than literary, elitist, and dull as it has often been seen - and socially significant, and he attempts to integrate popular and humanist values rather than setting them against each other. Taking as examples the plays of Marlowe, Heywood, Lyly and Greene, as well as many by lesser known dramatists, the book demonstrates the contribution of humanist drama to the theatrical vitality of the sixteenth century."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 321 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511004826 9780511004827 0511117221 9780511117220 9780511483479 0511483473 1107111218 9781107111219 0521030544 9780521030540 1280153563 9781280153563 0511149271 9780511149276 0511309562 9780511309564 0511051433 9780511051432 |