Renaissance drama
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Renaissance drama
（Contexts / series editor, Steven Matthews）
Arnold, 2003
- : hb
- : pbk
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Description and Table of Contents
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: hb ISBN 9780340763469
Description
Brief, manageable and affordable, the books in the "Contexts" series fill the gap in students' knowledge of the historical facts, literary associations and wider cultural climate of the main literary periods. As well as offering a background in relevant social history, these texts include selected extracts from original documents to give a full flavour of the period in question.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Renaissance Drama in Context Ch. 1. Playhouses and Players: The Conditions of Renaissance Drama Ch. 2. 'What a Piece of Work': Issues of Identity Ch. 3. Of Love: Desire and Domesticity Ch. 4. Society: The Problem of Order Ch. 5. Staging Religion: The Meaning of Thunder Ch. 6. The Court: Issues of Power Ch. 7. Encountering Otherness: Race and Colonialism Epilogue: A Word about Endings
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: pbk ISBN 9780340763476
Description
Brief, manageable and affordable, the books in the Contexts series fill the gap in students' knowledge of the historical facts, literary associations and wider cultural climate of the main literary periods. As well as offering a background in relevant social history, these texts include selected extracts from original documents to give a full flavour of the period in question.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - Renaissance drama in context
- playhouses and players - the conditions of Renaissance drama
- "what a piece of work" - issues of identity
- of love - desire and domesticity
- society - the problem of order
- staging religion - the meaning of thunder
- the court - issues of power
- encountering otherness - race and colonialism
- epilogue - a word about endings.
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