English Tragedy before Shakespeare (Routledge Revivals)
Title | English Tragedy before Shakespeare (Routledge Revivals) PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Clemen |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2013-05-13 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1136811095 |
First published in English in 1961, this reissue relates the problems of form and style to the development of dramatic speech in pre-Shakespearean tragedy. The work offers positive standards by which to assess the development of pre-Shakespearean drama and, by tracing certain characteristics in Elizabethan tragedy which were to have a bearing on Shakespeare’s dramatic technique, helps to illuminate the foundations on which Shakespeare built his dramatic oeuvre.
English Drama Before Shakespeare
Title | English Drama Before Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Happe |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2018-10-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 131787112X |
English Drama before Shakespeare surveys the range of dramatic activity in English up to 1590. The book challenges the traditional divisions between Medieval and Renaissance literature by showing that there was much continuity throughout this period, in spite of many innovations. The range of dramatic activity includes well-known features such as mystery cycles and the interludes, as well as comedy and tragedy. Para-dramatic activity such as the liturgical drama, royal entries and localised or parish drama is also covered. Many of the plays considered are anonymous, but a coherent, biographical view can be taken of the work of known dramatists such as John Heywood, John Bale, and Christopher Marlowe. Peter Happé's study is based upon close reading of selected plays, especially from the mystery cycles and such Elizabethan works as Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. It takes account of contemporary research into dramatic form, performance (including some important recent revivals), dramatic sites and early theatre buildings, and the nature of early dramatic texts. Recent changes in outlook generated by the publication of the written records of early drama form part of the book's focus. There is an extensive bibliography covering social and political background, the lives and works of individual authors, and the development of theatrical ideas through the period. The book is aimed at undergraduates, as well as offering an overview for more advanced students and researchers in drama and in related fields of literature and cultural studies.
English Tragedy Before Shakespeare
Title | English Tragedy Before Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Clemen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | English drama |
ISBN |
English Tragedy before Shakespeare (Routledge Revivals)
Title | English Tragedy before Shakespeare (Routledge Revivals) PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Clemen |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2013-05-13 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1136811109 |
First published in English in 1961, this reissue relates the problems of form and style to the development of dramatic speech in pre-Shakespearean tragedy. The work offers positive standards by which to assess the development of pre-Shakespearean drama and, by tracing certain characteristics in Elizabethan tragedy which were to have a bearing on Shakespeare’s dramatic technique, helps to illuminate the foundations on which Shakespeare built his dramatic oeuvre.
English Drama Before Shakespeare
Title | English Drama Before Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Happe |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2018-10-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317871138 |
English Drama before Shakespeare surveys the range of dramatic activity in English up to 1590. The book challenges the traditional divisions between Medieval and Renaissance literature by showing that there was much continuity throughout this period, in spite of many innovations. The range of dramatic activity includes well-known features such as mystery cycles and the interludes, as well as comedy and tragedy. Para-dramatic activity such as the liturgical drama, royal entries and localised or parish drama is also covered. Many of the plays considered are anonymous, but a coherent, biographical view can be taken of the work of known dramatists such as John Heywood, John Bale, and Christopher Marlowe. Peter Happé's study is based upon close reading of selected plays, especially from the mystery cycles and such Elizabethan works as Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. It takes account of contemporary research into dramatic form, performance (including some important recent revivals), dramatic sites and early theatre buildings, and the nature of early dramatic texts. Recent changes in outlook generated by the publication of the written records of early drama form part of the book's focus. There is an extensive bibliography covering social and political background, the lives and works of individual authors, and the development of theatrical ideas through the period. The book is aimed at undergraduates, as well as offering an overview for more advanced students and researchers in drama and in related fields of literature and cultural studies.
English Drama
Title | English Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Leggatt |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2014-06-06 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317871464 |
The most important period in the history of English drama is revealed in Alexander Leggatt's challenging account. The author considers English drama from the beginning of Shakespeare's career to the restoration of Charles II. Focusing on Shakespeare and the development of his art, he examines all his major contemporaries: Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Beaumont, Fletcher and Ford. He combines close analysis of specific plays with a broader look at trends within drama.
The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Tragedies
Title | The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Tragedies PDF eBook |
Author | Janette Dillon |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 147 |
Release | 2007-03-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1139462431 |
Macbeth clutches an imaginary dagger; Hamlet holds up Yorick's skull; Lear enters with Cordelia in his arms. Do these memorable and iconic moments have anything to tell us about the definition of Shakespearean tragedy? Is it in fact helpful to talk about 'Shakespearean tragedy' as a concept, or are there only Shakespearean tragedies? What kind of figure is the tragic hero? Is there always such a figure? What makes some plays more tragic than others? Beginning with a discussion of tragedy before Shakespeare and considering Shakespeare's tragedies chronologically one by one, this 2007 book seeks to investigate such questions in a way that highlights both the distinctiveness and shared concerns of each play within the broad trajectory of Shakespeare's developing exploration of tragic form.