02673nam 2200589 450 991015472210332120170925210704.00-19-063408-10-19-063409-X0-19-063407-3(CKB)3710000000971700(StDuBDS)EDZ0001605766(MiAaPQ)EBC4770654(PPN)228883814(EXLCZ)99371000000097170020170104h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierPleasing everyone mass entertainment in Renaissance London and golden-age Hollywood /Jeffrey KnappNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resource illustrations (black and white, and colour)Previously issued in print: 2017.0-19-063406-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.TheaterEnglandLondonHistory16th centuryTheaterEnglandLondonHistory17th centuryTheater and societyEnglandLondonHistory16th centuryTheater and societyEnglandLondonHistory17th centuryMotion picturesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMotion picturesSocial aspectsUnited StatesTheaterHistoryTheaterHistoryTheater and societyHistoryTheater and societyHistoryMotion picturesHistoryMotion picturesSocial aspects792.094210903ART057000PER004030LIT015000bisacshKnapp Jeffrey(Professor of English),550150MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154722103321Pleasing everyone2631238UNINA