Practicing the City : Early Modern London on Stage /

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This volume explores the theatre's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. It examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theatre created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, Nina S., 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater and society.
Theater.
Literature.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
English drama.
City and town life in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
Theâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Theâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Vie urbaine dans la litterature.
Theâtre anglais > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre anglais > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theater > England > London > History > 17th century.
Theater > England > London > History > 16th century.
Theater and society > England > London > History.
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
England > London.
London (England) > In literature.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This volume explores the theatre's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. It examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theatre created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to practice the city.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780823267897

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