Four Renaissance comedies

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Four Renaissance comedies

edited by Robert Shaughnessy

Palgrave Macmillian, 2004

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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注記

Further reading: p. 313-314

収録内容

  • The old wives tale / George Peele
  • The shoemakers' holiday / Thomas Dekker
  • The alchemist / Ben Jonson
  • A new way to pay old debts / Philip Massinger

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780333973653

内容説明

This edition of four Renaissance comedies represents the vitality, range and diversity of the English comic drama of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reflecting both its capacity for escapist fantasy and its concern with the intrigues of everyday city life. Comprehensive textual notes establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical circumstances, as well as explaining obscure references and allusions. A general introduction provides a helpful overview of early modern comedy in the context of Renaissance comic theory and practice, together with an assessment of its continuing theatrical appeal.

目次

Acknowledgements.- General Introduction.- Note on the Texts.- The Old Wives Tale.- The Shoemaker's Holiday.- The Alchemist.- A New Way to Pay Old Debts.- Further Reading.- Index.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780333973660

内容説明

This edition of four Renaissance comedies represents the vitality, range and diversity of the English comic drama of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reflecting both its capacity for escapist fantasy and its concern with the intrigues of everyday city life. Comprehensive textual notes establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical circumstances, as well as explaining obscure references and allusions. A general introduction provides a helpful overview of early modern comedy in the context of Renaissance comic theory and practice, together with an assessment of its continuing theatrical appeal.

目次

Acknowledgements General Introduction Note on the Texts The Old Wives Tale The Shoemaker's Holiday The Alchemist A New Way to Pay Old Debts Further Reading Index

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