Unwritten poetry : song, performance, and media in early modern England /

Musical performance was a driving force behind theatrical and poetic movements of the early modern period, yet its importance to literary history has long been ignored. This book explores the media through which songs of the period were made. It provides a new approach to Renaissance poetry and dram...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trudell, Scott A., 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Musical performance was a driving force behind theatrical and poetic movements of the early modern period, yet its importance to literary history has long been ignored. This book explores the media through which songs of the period were made. It provides a new approach to Renaissance poetry and drama that is grounded in a synthetic media history.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191874031
0191874035
9780192571694
0192571699