Introduction to English Renaissance comedy provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasising the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition, its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. This book makes a close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, making unexpected connections 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 Bartholomew Fair, Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure and Brome's A Jovial Crew.
Through these plays the reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods. -- .
| ISBN: | 9780719049651 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 1999 |
| Author: | Alexander Leggatt |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
Introduction to English Renaissance comedy provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasising the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition, its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. This book makes a close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, making unexpected connections 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 Bartholomew Fair, Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure and Brome's A Jovial Crew.
Introduction to English Renaissance Comedy features in the following genres: Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
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Introduction to English Renaissance Comedy was written by Alexander Leggatt and published by Manchester University Press
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