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Colonial failure and theatrical form in early modern England : stages of unsettlement /

"Colonial Failure and Theatrical Form in Early Modern England shows how early modern English dramatists preserved and instrumentalized the early history of England's failed conquests of the Americas in the formal techniques they used to stage fictional worlds. Scholars have long noted that...

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Main Author:	Pirri, Caro (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:	Early modern literary geographies.
Subjects:	Colonies in literature. Imperialism in literature. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism. Colonies dans la littérature. Impérialisme dans la littérature. Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique. Colonies in literature English drama > History and criticism. Imperialism in literature Literature: history & criticism. Literature. 1500-1600 Electronic books.
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