04053nam 2200601Ia 450 991081394430332120200520144314.0978047077984204707798459780470690093(MiAaPQ)EBC7103384(CKB)24989729400041(MiAaPQ)EBC351112(Au-PeEL)EBL351112(CaPaEBR)ebr10236688(CaONFJC)MIL131962(OCoLC)437218415(JP-MeL)3000111948(Au-PeEL)EBL7103384(OCoLC)1347026024(EXLCZ)992498972940004120051020d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnglish Renaissance drama /Peter Womack1st ed.Malden, MA ;Oxford, UK Blackwell2006vii, 325 pBlackwell guides to literatureIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-318) and indexIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-318) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Timeline -- The Set-Up -- The Moment -- Irreligious Drama -- Courtiers and Capitalists -- Actors and Writers -- The Stage -- Background Voices -- Allegory -- Ceremony -- Drama -- Festivity -- History -- Love -- Medicine -- Rhetoric -- Romance -- Satire -- The Writers -- Francis Beaumont -- Richard Brome -- George Chapman -- Thomas Dekker -- John Fletcher -- John Ford -- Robert Greene -- Thomas Heywood -- Ben Jonson -- Thomas Kyd -- Christopher Marlowe -- John Marston -- Philip Massinger -- Thomas Middleton -- Anthony Munday -- George Peele -- William Rowley -- William Shakespeare -- James Shirley -- Cyril Tourneur -- John Webster -- Key Plays -- Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy -- Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great -- Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus -- William Shakespeare, Richard II -- Ben Jonson, Every Man In His Humour -- Thomas Dekker, The Shoemakers' Holiday -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet -- John Marston, The Dutch Courtesan -- William Shakespeare, King Lear -- The Revenger's Tragedy -- Ben Jonson, Volpone, or, The Fox -- Francis Beaumont, The Knight of the Burning Pestle -- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Maid's Tragedy -- Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, The Roaring Girl -- William Shakespeare, The Tempest -- Thomas Middleton, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside -- Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair -- John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi -- Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, The Changeling -- Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor -- Thomas Heywood, The Fair Maid of the West -- John Ford, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore -- Richard Brome, A Jovial Crew -- Actions That A Man Might Play -- Attending -- Being a Woman -- Conjuring -- Cuckolding -- Dressing Up -- Feigning -- Flattering -- Going Mad -- Inheriting -- Plotting -- Rising from the Dead -- Seducing -- Swaggering -- Bibliography -- Index."...Womack offers insightful critical comments on English Renaissance playwrights, some major plays, and a variety of contextual topics...Womack is an astute critic." CHOICE "Remarkably comprehensive … a very fine introduction for the non-specialist." Touchstone.Blackwell guides to literature.English drama17th centuryHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcEnglish dramaEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600History and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcRenaissanceEnglandHandbooks, manuals, etcEnglish dramaHistory and criticismEnglish dramaHistory and criticismRenaissance822/.309932.5njb/09822/.309njb/09Womack Peter1952-167718MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910813944303321English Renaissance drama4096625UNINA