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The stage and social struggle in early modern England /
A ground-breaking study of the social and cultural functions of the early modern theatre. Jean Howard looks at the effects of drama and the stage on early modern culture in an exciting and eminently readable work.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1994.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; RENAISSANCE THEATER AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THEATRICAL PRACTICE A brief for political criticism; "SATHANS SYNAGOGUE" The theater as constructed by its enemies; ANTITHEATRICALITY STAGED The workings of ideology in Dekker's The Whore of Babylon and Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing; THE MATERIALITY OF IDEOLOGY Women as spectators, spectacles, and paying customers in the English public theater; POWER AND EROS Crossdressing in dramatic representation and theatrical practice.