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English Drama: Forms and Development: Essays in Honour of Murial Clara Bradbrook

Autor M. Axton, R. Williams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 apr 2010
These ten original essays on English drama from Tudor times onwards were first published in 1977. Each is written by a former member of the Cambridge English Faculty. Each author has an individual approach and makes a fresh contribution to the study of dramatic form seen in a changing historical setting. There are essays on genres, on individual playwrights and on social conditions affecting the development of the drama. Together, the essays make a valuable contribution to the study of drama.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521142557
ISBN-10: 0521142555
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction Raymond Williams; 1. Folk play in Tudor interludes Richard Axton; 2. The Tudor mask and Elizabethan court drama Marie Axton; 3. Comic form in Ben Jonson: Volpone and the philosopher's stone Leo Salingar; 4. He that plays the king: Ford's Perkin Warbeck and the Stuart history play Anne Barton; 5. Medicinable tragedy: the structure of Samson Agonistes and seventeenth-century psychopathology Mary Ann Radzinowicz; 6. Exotick but rational entertainments: the english dramatick operas Richard Luckett; 7. The significance of Gay's drama Howard Erskine-Hill; 8. 'Coming Wonders': uses of theatre in the Victorian novel Gillian Beer; 9. Waiting for Prospero John Northam; 10. Social environment and theatrical environment: the case of English naturalism Raymond Williams; Notes; Appendix: The books and essays on Muriel C. Bradbrook and a selection of her book reviews Patricia Rignold; Index of plays, operas and entertainments; General index.

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Ten original essays on English drama from Tudor times onwards examines different aspects on the development of this art form.