Pleasing everyone : mass entertainment in Renaissance London and golden-age Hollywood /

"Shakespeare's plays were immensely popular in their own day -- so why do we refuse to think of them as mass entertainment? In Pleasing Everyone, Jeffrey Knapp opens our eyes to the uncanny resemblance between Renaissance drama and the incontrovertibly mass medium of Golden-Age Hollywood c...

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Main Author:	Knapp, Jeffrey (Professor of English) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Theater > England > London > History > 16th century. Theater > England > London > History > 17th century. Theater and society > England > London > History > 16th century. Theater and society > England > London > History > 17th century. Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century. Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States. Théâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siècle. Théâtre > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 17e siècle. Théâtre et société > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 16e siècle. Théâtre et société > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 17e siècle. Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle. Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis. ART > Film & Video. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare. Motion pictures Motion pictures > Social aspects Theater Theater and society England > London United States 1500-1999 Electronic books. History
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by Knapp, Jeffrey (Professor of English)
Published 2017

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