Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The cultural geography of early modern drama, 1620-1650 The cultural geography of early modern drama, 1620-1650 Sanders, Julie Dr "Literary geographies is an exciting new area of interdisciplinary research. Innovative and engaging, this book applies theories of landscape, space and place from the discipline of cultural geograph… OL15916792W
The places of wit in early modern English comedy The places of wit in early modern English comedy Adam Zucker "What is wit made out of in the comedies of Shakespeare, Jonson, Shirley and their contemporaries? What does it hide? What does it reveal? This book addresses these questions by turning to the relati… OL15976750W
Supernatural environments in Shakespeare's England Supernatural environments in Shakespeare's England Kristen Poole "Bringing together recent scholarship on religion and the spatial imagination, Kristen Poole examines how changing religious beliefs and transforming conceptions of space were mutually informative in… OL16211913W
Shakespeare among the courtesans Shakespeare among the courtesans Duncan Salkeld This book presents a series of studies on the topic of prostitution in early modern drama, viewed in both English and Italian contexts. Drawing on a variety of documentary sources, it provides new hi… OL16572610W
Harold Bloom's Shakespeare Harold Bloom's Shakespeare Robert Sawyer,Christy Desmet "Harold Bloom is one of the most influential and controversial of contemporary Shakespeare critics. These essays examine the sources and impact of Bloom's Shakespearean criticism from a variety of th… OL18222555W
Playing the globe Playing the globe Gillies, John,Virginia Mason Vaughan The essays collected here explore the representation of contemporary cartographic knowledge within a variety of English Renaissance dramatic texts. Including a preface and introduction that contextua… OL21178666W
Ben Jonson, John Marston and early modern drama Ben Jonson, John Marston and early modern drama Rebecca Kate Yearling "This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public… OL22318763W
The female hero in English Renaissance tragedy The female hero in English Renaissance tragedy Lisa Kings "This book focuses on female tragic heroes in English Renaissance drama from c.1610-c.1645, characters who differ from previous tragic heroines because they were not passive victims but active agents… OL2683522W
Human development and structural adjustment Human development and structural adjustment UNDP Symposium on Economic Growth, Sustainable Human Development, and Poverty Alleviation in India (1992 Bombay, India) "Christopher Marlowe was the most successful dramatist of his time, his premature death cutting short a career that may well have rivalled Shakespeare's. His four major works (Doctor Faustus, Edward … OL3725625W
Annals of English drama, 975-1700 Annals of English drama, 975-1700 Alfred Harbage "This book provides a chornological listing ... of plays, masks, and similar forms of entertainment, devised in England (or by Englishmen abroad) from the time of the earliest Quem Quaeritis trope in… OL6043248W
Dramatic difference Dramatic difference Karen Raber "Dramatic Difference explores closet drama's unique and dynamic position in early modern culture. Intellectually, geographically, and ideologically removed from the public spaces of the theater, clos… OL6210912W
Imaginary Betrayals Imaginary Betrayals Karen Cunningham "Referring to the extensive early modern literature on the subject of treason, Imaginary Betrayals reveals how and to what extent ideas of proof and grounds for conviction were subject to prosecutori… OL6213203W