Author: Robert DavenportPublisher:
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Languages : en
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A critical edition of Robert Davenport's The city-night-cap
Author: Robert DavenportA Critical Edition of Robert Davenport's The City-night-cap
Author: A Critical Edition of Robert Davenport's The City-night-cap
Author: A Critical Edition of Robert Davenport's The City Night-Cap
Author: Robert DavenportPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429627300
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Originally published in 1979, this volume includes the full, edited, 1661 play of Robert Davenport, 'The City Night-Cap', alongside textual notes, including an introduction on the man and his works, theatrical history, characterization, theme and structure, and setting.
Shakespeare's Unreformed Fictions
Author: Gillian WoodsPublisher: Oxford English Monographs
ISBN: 0199671265
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Shakespeare's Unreformed Fictions asks why Catholicism had such an imaginative hold on Shakespearean drama, even though the on-going Reformation outlawed its practice. Concentrating on dramatic impact, and integrating literary analysis with fresh historical research, Gillian Woods offers a new and engaging answer to this important question.
The Sultan Speaks
Author: L. McJannetPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230601499
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The first study of English historical plays about the Turks, using works in Greek, Arabic, and Turkish. Drawing on Bakhtin's concept of the dialogic, McJannet shows that instead of adverse authorial commentary playwrights such as Marlowe and Fulke Greville use dialogue and commentary to enhance the sultan's stature and mitigate his negative acts.
Jacobean and Caroline Dramatists
Author: Fredson BowersPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Essays on dramatists whose careers ranged from 1558 to 1649 under the rule of Kings James I and Charles II.
Tis Pity She's A Whore
Author: Lisa HopkinsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441137556
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
John Ford's tragedy 'Tis Pity She's A Whore was first performed between 1629 and 1633 and since then its themes of incest, love versus duty and forbidden passion have made it a widely studied and performed, if controversial, play. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including TV and film adaptations. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research.
Robert Davenport's King John and Matilda ; a Critical Edition
Author: Robert DavenportPublisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
![Biographia Dramatica, Or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes, of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of Our Theatrical Exhibitions ... by David Erskine Baker, ... The First Volume[-second] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/6mQaSB8SesoC?fife=w80-h100)
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