Monuments and literary posterity in early modern drama /
In spite of the ephemeral nature of performed drama, playwrights such as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Fletcher and Shakespeare were deeply interested in the endurance of their theatrical work and in their own literary immortality. This book reevaluates the relationship between these early modern dramat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | In spite of the ephemeral nature of performed drama, playwrights such as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Fletcher and Shakespeare were deeply interested in the endurance of their theatrical work and in their own literary immortality. This book reevaluates the relationship between these early modern dramatists and literary posterity by considering their work within the context of post-Reformation memorialization. Providing fresh analyses of plays by major dramatists, Brian Chalk considers how they depicted monuments and other funeral properties on stage in order to exploit and criticize the rich ambiguities of commemorative rituals. The book also discusses the print history of the plays featured. The subject will attract scholars and upper-level students of Renaissance drama, memory studies, early modern theater and print history. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107123472 110712347X |