York Notes Companions: Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
Author: Hugh Mackay
Publisher: Pearson UK
Published: 2014-08-28
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1292003928
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Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
Author: Hugh Mackay
Publisher: Longman
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781408204801
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This companion brings Renaissance drama to life by considering such classic plays as "Hamlet," "Othello" and "Dr Faustus "from the perspective of contemporary theatre-goers. Discussions of Shakespeare's masterpieces are accompanied by examinations of the work of lesser known playwrights and commentators, while chapters on Madness and Subjectivity, Rhetoric and Performance and Nation-Building provide a variety of key critical perspectives. "
York Notes Companions: Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama/Tempest(Shakespeare)Penguin Classic/the Winter's Tale
Author: Hugh Mackay
Publisher: Longman
Published: 2011-08-10
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ISBN-13: 9781408299661
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture
Author: Michael Hattaway
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2002-11-08
Total Pages: 806
ISBN-13: 1405106263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference. Provides new perspectives on established texts. Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions. Pioneered by leading scholars. Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies. Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.
York Notes Companions: Victorian Literature
Author: Beth Palmer
Publisher: Pearson UK
Published: 2014-08-28
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 129200388X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the era, this Companion explores influential dramatic works by Ibsen, Shaw and Wilde; the poetry of mourning; novelistic genres, including social problem novels and sensation fiction; and the literature of the fin de siècle’s aesthetes and decadents. Cultural and historical debates – focussing on empire, national identity, science and evolution, print culture and gender – supply essential context alongside discussion of relevant critical theory.
York Notes Companions: Gothic Literature
Author: Susan Chaplin
Publisher: Pearson UK
Published: 2014-08-28
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1292003847
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exploration of Gothic literature from its origins in Horace Walpole’s 1764 classic The Castle of Otranto, through Romantic and Victorian Gothic to modernist and postmodernist takes on the form. The volume surveys key debates such as Female Gothic, the Gothic narrator and nation and empire, and focuses on a wide range of texts including The Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Dracula, The Magic Toyshop and The Shining.
York Notes Companions: Medieval Literature
Author: Carole Maddern
Publisher: Pearson UK
Published: 2014-08-28
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 1292003820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume spans five centuries of post-Conquest literature, written at a time in which enormous social, political and linguistic changes transformed life in Britain. Medieval genres such as Arthurian romance, lyrics, dream narratives and mystery plays are brought to life and accompanied by discussions of key debates such as “Gender and Power”, “The Emergent Individual” and “Society and Class”. Bringing together historical contexts and critical theory, this is essential reading for any student of medieval literature.
A Companion to Renaissance Drama
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare
Author: Margreta de Grazia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-04-05
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 1139825984
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book offers a comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provide a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare study, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare's time and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare's England and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists and a bibliographical essay.
A New Companion to Renaissance Drama
Author: Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2017-04-20
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 1118823982
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A New Companion to Renaissance Drama provides an invaluable summary of past and present scholarship surrounding the most popular and influential literary form of its time. Original interpretations from leading scholars set the scene for important paths of future inquiry. A colorful, comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the material conditions of Renaissance plays, England's most important dramatic period Contributors are both established and emerging scholars, with many leading international figures in the discipline Offers a unique approach by organizing the chapters by cultural context, theatre history, genre studies, theoretical applications, and material studies Chapters address newest departures and future directions for Renaissance drama scholarship Arthur Kinney is a world-renowned figure in the field
