Four Renaissance Comedies: The Old Wives Tale, the Shoemakers Holiday, the Alchemist, a New Way to Pay Old Debts - Couverture souple

Shaughnessy, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0333973666 ISBN 13 : 9780333973660

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Principal Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333973666
• ISBN 13: 9780333973660
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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