Author: SandersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A critical account of seven plays by Marlowe and Shakespeare, and he takes pains to analyse the context in which the plays were written.
The Dramatist and the Received Idea
Author: SandersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A critical account of seven plays by Marlowe and Shakespeare, and he takes pains to analyse the context in which the plays were written.
The Dramatist and the Received Idea
Author: Wilbur SandersThe Dramatist and the Received Idea
Author: Wilbur SandersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Dramatist and the Received Idea
Author: SandersPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521298001
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Dr Sanders' book grew out of uneasiness over commonly accepted ways of talking about Elizabethan literature. Phrases like 'world picture', 'received ideas' are so easily used that we bypass important questions: A picture of whose word? Ideas received by whom? and in what way? The heart of Dr Sanders' book is a critical account of seven plays by Marlowe and Shakespeare (The Massacre at Paris, The Jew of Malta, Edward II, Dr Faustus, Richard II, Richard III and Macbeth). In his examination, Dr Sanders is at pains to analyse the nature of the intellectual and cultural environment in which the plays were written, to define the ways in which this environment influenced Marlowe and Shakespeare and thus to come to a full understanding of the manner in which a work of art can be simultaneously 'of an age' and 'for all time'.
Christopher Marlowe, Renaissance Dramatist
Author: Lisa HopkinsPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748630589
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book offers a lively introduction to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe and to the central concerns of his age, many of which are still important to us--religious uncertainty, the clash between Islam and Christianity, ideas of sexuality, and the role of the marginalised inidividual in society.Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of Marlowe's work and its cultural contexts: Marlowe's life and death; the Marlowe canon; the theatrical contexts and stage history of the plays; Marlowe's interest in old and new branches of knowledge; the ways in which he transgresses against established norms and values; and the major issues which have been raised in critical discussions of his plays.
How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage
Author: Peter LakePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300225660
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 683
Book Description
A masterful, highly engaging analysis of how Shakespeare’s plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan England With an ageing, childless monarch, lingering divisions due to the Reformation, and the threat of foreign enemies, Shakespeare’s England was fraught with unparalleled anxiety and complicated problems. In this monumental work, Peter Lake reveals, more than any previous critic, the extent to which Shakespeare’s plays speak to the depth and sophistication of Elizabethan political culture and the Elizabethan imagination. Lake reveals the complex ways in which Shakespeare’s major plays engaged with the events of his day, particularly regarding the uncertain royal succession, theological and doctrinal debates, and virtue and virtù in politics. Through his plays, Lake demonstrates, Shakespeare was boldly in conversation with his audience about a range of contemporary issues. This remarkable literary and historical analysis pulls the curtain back on what Shakespeare was really telling his audience and what his plays tell us today about the times in which they were written.
Renaissance Minds and Their Fictions
Author: Ronald LevaoPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520324560
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.
Christopher Marlowe in Context
Author: Emily C. BartelsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016258
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
The most up-to-date contextual guide to Christopher Marlowe's world and the full range of his poetry and drama.
Macbeth
Author: Harold BloomPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791081761
Category : Regicides in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A collection of critical essays concerning Shakespeare's tragic play of tyranny, revenge, and mental anguish.
Shakespeare: The Play of History
Author: G. HoldernessPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349190691
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description