The book offers the first sustained examination of neighbourly relationships in early modern English drama, situating the close analyses of the selected plays within contemporary prescriptive literature (such as sermons and conduct books), letters, diaries, pamphlets, ballads, wills, proverbs, as well as the lived realities of early modern neighbourhoods as glimpsed in the historical and legal archives. The originality of the book lies in its topic, in the plays chosen for analysis, including Gammer Gurton's Needle, written in the 1550s and believed to be the first printed vernacular English comedy, and in the revisionist close readings on offer. The plays span the period between 1550s and 1620s, belong to different genres, and were aimed at different audiences and written for different kinds of playhouses, allowing for conclusions to be drawn about the way genre shapes the treatment of neighbourly relationships, as well as revealing continuities and changes in this treatment over the period under study.
| ISBN: | 9781032898933 |
| Publication date: | 24th November 2026 |
| Author: | Iman Sheeha |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 262 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights Social and cultural history |
The book offers the first sustained examination of neighbourly relationships in early modern English drama, situating the close analyses of the selected plays within contemporary prescriptive literature (such as sermons and conduct books), letters, diaries, pamphlets, ballads, wills, proverbs, as well as the lived realities of early modern neighbourhoods as glimpsed in the historical and legal archives. The originality of the book lies in its topic, in the plays chosen for analysis, including Gammer Gurton's Needle, written in the 1550s and believed to be the first printed vernacular English comedy, and in the revisionist close readings on offer.
Neighbourly Relationships in Early Modern Drama features in the following genres: Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Social and cultural history
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Neighbourly Relationships in Early Modern Drama was written by Iman Sheeha and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Neighbourly Relationships in Early Modern Drama has 262 pages
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