Introduction to English Renaissance ComedyManchester University Press, 1999 - 186 Seiten This guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, encompassing the eclective, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition and its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. This book, an analysis of some of the richest comedies of the periods, makes sometimes inexpected connection between them: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, Lyly's Endymion, Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Marston's The Malcontent, Middleton's Michaelmas Term, Jonson's Bartholemew Fair, Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure and Brome's A Jovial Crew. Through these plays the reader is given a picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods. |
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... imagine that the effect was consistent minaturization as small boys with piping voices absurdly mimed adult passions . Boys come in different shapes and sizes , and Lyly suggests the physical variety of his company when the braggart Sir ...
... imagine that the effect was consistent minaturization as small boys with piping voices absurdly mimed adult passions . Boys come in different shapes and sizes , and Lyly suggests the physical variety of his company when the braggart Sir ...
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... imagine they are wielding a powerful force that if anything will have to be restrained . Bottom is confident about the emotional impact of his acting : ' If I do it , let the audience look to their eyes . I will move storms ' ( 1.2.22-3 ) ...
... imagine they are wielding a powerful force that if anything will have to be restrained . Bottom is confident about the emotional impact of his acting : ' If I do it , let the audience look to their eyes . I will move storms ' ( 1.2.22-3 ) ...
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... imagine ' real ' people and situations behind the role - playing , regarding Altofront as a character who can be criticized for his shallowness ( Plays , pp . 30–1 ) . I am less certain that we are to imagine an underlying reality . 6 ...
... imagine ' real ' people and situations behind the role - playing , regarding Altofront as a character who can be criticized for his shallowness ( Plays , pp . 30–1 ) . I am less certain that we are to imagine an underlying reality . 6 ...
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Lyly Endymion | 19 |
Greene Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay | 30 |
Shakespeare A Midsummer Nights Dream | 61 |
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