New historicism and renaissance drama

Author(s)

• Wilson, Richard
• Dutton, Richard

Bibliographic Information

New historicism and renaissance drama

edited and introduced by Richard Wilson and Richard Dutton

（Longman critical readers）

Longman, 1992

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 240-244

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582045545

Description

New Historicism has been one of the major developments in literary theory over the last decade, both in the USA and Europe. In this book, Wilson and Dutton examine the theories behind New Historicism and its celebrated impact in practice on Renaissance Drama, providing an important collection both for students of the genre and of literary theory.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Historicising New Historicism, Richard Wilson
• Chapter 1 The New Historicism in Renaissance Studies, Jean E. Howard
• Chapter 2 Literature, History, Polities, Catherine Belsey
• Chapter 3 Shakespeare, Cultural Materialism and the New Historicism, Jonathan Dollimore
• Chapter 4 Marlowe and the Will to Absolute Play, Stephen Greenblatt
• Chapter 5 Invisible Bullets: Renaissance Authority and its Subversion, Henry IV and Henry V, Stephen Greenblatt
• Chapter 6 A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Shaping Fantasies of Elizabethan Culture: Gender, Power, Form, Louis Montrose
• Chapter 7 Alice Arden's Crime, Catherine Belsey
• Chapter 8 Shakespeare's Roman Carnival, Richard Wilson
• Chapter 9 Hamlet's Unfulfilled Interiority, Francis Barker
• Chapter 10 Macbeth: History, Ideology and Intellectuals, Alan Sinfield
• Chapter 11 The White Devil: Transgression Without Virtue, Jonathan Dollimore
• Chapter 12 Family Rites: City Comedy and the Strategies of Patriarchalism, Leonard Tennenhouse
• Chapter 13 Smithfield and Authorship: Ben Jonson, Peter Stallybrass, Allon White
• Postscript, Richard Dutton

Volume

ISBN 9780582045620

Description

This series takes account of contemporary literary theory, providing collections of key modern readings of major authors, genres and critical approaches. The books are prefaced by an editorial introduction setting the readings in context and exploring the issues they raise. This collection of essays aims to offer a summary of one of the most dynamic and controversial movements in contemporary criticism. New Historicism is the critical idea of viewing works as rewritings of non literary documents and as such are seen not merely as literary and linguistic phenomena but as political critiques of the age. The use of this ideology in critical writing has been a method of increasing popularity since the early 1980's. New Historicism and Renaissance drama have been firmly associated since this period and one of the aims of this collection is to examine the reasons behind this. It should prove an invaluable reference for literary students wishing to gain an insight to and understanding of New Historicism. All the essays are preceded by headnotes that are intended as commentary on the debates within New Historicism as they unfolded during the 80's. The key concepts in the headnotes are printed in bold type then listed alphabetically in a separate appendix for ease of reference.

Table of Contents

• The New Historicism in Renaissance studies, Jeane Howard
• literature, history, politics, Catherine Belsey
• Shakespeare, materialism and New Historicism, Jonathan Dolimore
• Marlowe and the will to absolute play, Stephen Greenblatt
• invisible bullets - Renaissance authority and its subversion, Stephen Greenblatt
• "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" and the shaping fantasies of Elizabethan culture, Louis Montrose
• Alice Arden's crime, Catherine Belsey
• Shakespeares's Roman carnival, Richard Wilson
• Hamlet's unfulfilled interiority, Francis Barker
• "Macbeth" - history, ideology and intellectuals, Alan Sinfield
• "The White Devil" - transgression without virtue, Jonathan Dollimore
• family rites - city comedy and the strategies of patriarchalism, Leonard Tennenhouse
• Smithfield and authorship, Ben Jonson, Peter Stallybass and Allon White
• post-script, Richard Dutton.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA14421780
• ISBN:
  • 0582045622
  • 0582045541
• LCCN: 91023851
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 249 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR654
  • DC20 : 822/.309
  • NDC8 : 932
  • DC : 822.309
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Renaissance -- England
  • LCSH : Historicism
  • LCSH : English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
  • FREE : English drama
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12450358