The Politics of Tragicomedy

Shakespeare and After
Herausgeber: Mcmullan, Gordon; Hope, Jonathan

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1992, this title provides nine readings of tragicomedy from Shakespeare's late plays to the Interregnum. This exciting collection is characterized by its rejection of absolutist strategies for reading tragicomedy, and it challenges traditional assumptions about the relationship between politics and genre in the period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367680190
• ISBN-10: 036768019X
• Artikelnr.: 69936287

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Introduction: The Politics of
Tragicomedy, 1610-50 Gordon McMullan and Jonathan Hope 2. 'What Cares These
Roarers for the Name of King?': Language and Utopia in The Tempest David
Norbrook 3. 'The Agent for His Master': Political Service and Professional
Liberty in Cymbeline Erica Sheen 4. Topicality or Politics? The Two Noble
Kinsmen, 1613-34 Lois Potter 5. 'A Maidenhead, Amintor, At My Yeares':
Chastity and Tragicomedy in the Fletcher Plays Kathleen McLuskie 6.
Prerevolutionary Drama Walter Cohen 7. 'God Help the Poor: The Rich Can
Shift': The World Upside-Down and the Popular Tradition in the Theatre
Margot Heinemann 8. Late Jonson Martin Butler 9. She That Plays the King:
Henrietta Maria and the Threat of the Actress in Caroline Culture Sophie
Tomlinson. Index.