Nancy Klein Maguire, Maguire Nancy Klein

Regicide and Restoration

English Tragicomedy, 1660 1671

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the directions taken by tragicomedy and the court masque, this book accounts for the shift in genre during the decade following the return of Charles II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780521023733
• ISBN-10: 0521023734
• Artikelnr.: 21067495

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations and tables
A note on texts and dates
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The policies of restoration tragicomedy
2. Theatrical restoration, 1660-1665
3. The rhymed heroic masque
4. The commercial market: genre as commodity
5. The divided kings in divided tragicomedy
6. The rhymed heroic apology of Roger Boyle
7. John Dryden: Stuart mythographer and masque-maker
8. Some conclusions and directions
Notes
The playwrights' works.