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UNINA9910154722103321 |
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Autore |
Knapp Jeffrey (Professor of English) |
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Titolo |
Pleasing everyone : mass entertainment in Renaissance London and golden-age Hollywood / / Jeffrey Knapp |
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New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-063408-1 |
0-19-063409-X |
0-19-063407-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
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Classificazione |
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ART057000PER004030LIT015000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2017. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Part 1: The individual and the mass -- 1. Which Moll? -- 2. The real John Doe -- Part 2: Show business -- 3. I must be idle -- 4. One step ahead of my shadow -- Part 3: Junk and art -- 5. Mocked with art -- 6. Throw that junk -- Epilogue: The author of mass entertainment -- Coda: A second look -- Notes -- Works cited. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 cinema. |
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