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Probably the most blighted period in the history of English drama was the time of the Civil Wars, Commonwealth, and Protectorate. With the theaters closed, the country at war, the throne in fatal decline, and the powers of Parliament and Cromwell growing greater, the received wisdom has been that dr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randall, Dale B. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [1995]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cromwell, Oliver, > 1599-1658.
Toneelstukken.
Engels.
Theater and state.
Puritans.
Literature and history.
English drama.
POETRY > General.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Theâtre > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Litterature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Theâtre anglais > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Puritans > England > History > 17th century.
Theater and state > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
England.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1642-1649 (Guerre civile)
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1642-1660 (Revolution puritaine)
Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649.
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Probably the most blighted period in the history of English drama was the time of the Civil Wars, Commonwealth, and Protectorate. With the theaters closed, the country at war, the throne in fatal decline, and the powers of Parliament and Cromwell growing greater, the received wisdom has been that drama in England largely withered and died. Not so, demonstrates Dale Randall in this magisterial study, the first book in nearly sixty years to attempt a comprehensive analysis of mid-seventeenth-century English drama. Throughout the official hiatus in playing, he shows, dramas continued to be composed, translated, transmuted, published, bought, read, and even covertly acted. Furthermore, the tendency of drama to become interestingly topical and political grew more pronounced.
Physical Description:1 online resource (472 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813157702

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