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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157819703321

Autore

Hollis Gavin

Titolo

The absence of America : the London stage, 1576-1642

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-179916-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Early modern literary geographies The absence of America

Disciplina

792.09421/09031

Soggetti

Theater - History - 16th century - England - London

Theater - History - 17th century - London - England

English drama - History and criticism - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

English drama - History and criticism - 17th century

Drama

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

America In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

'The Absence of America' looks at London theatre at the time of Shakespeare and how it represented the New World, considering whether early modern drama was anti-American, as some contemporaries suggested.