LEADER 02899nam 2200433 450 001 9910524703003321 005 20221227030223.0 010 $a1-4214-3429-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000010461097 035 $a(NjHacI)994100000010461097 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010461097 100 $a20221227d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe poetics of Jacobean drama /$fCoburn Freer 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland ;$aLondon :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 256 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4214-3430-X 311 $a1-4214-3431-8 330 $aOriginally published in 1982. The Poetics of Jacobean Drama argues for a rediscovered approach to the study of Renaissance drama. Coburn Freer observes that most modern criticism of this drama treats the plays as if they were written in prose, thus overlooking whole areas of dramatic meaning that were understood in the past. Such an understanding, he asserts, was common among writers, actors, audiences, and readers of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, and a knowledge of it is essential to a full appreciation of the characterization and dramatic structures in these plays. Freer explores the evolution of the modern reluctance to approach Renaissance drama as one would dramatic poetry-from the standpoint of a listener. Blank verse, the author shows, provided Jacobean dramatists with a poetic form against which they could work the pressures of experience within their characters. The writers' ability to work with and against this form provided infinite resources for delineating character and creating significant coherences in the structure of a play. The Poetics of Jacobean Drama offers insights into what the Renaissance writer, actor, and playgoer would have regarded as the domain of poetry in drama. Topics discussed include the conditions of stage performance and the style of acting, Elizabethan education, the rise of printed texts and collected editions, and the comments of Elizabethan audiences and readers. Freer's commentary and theoretical explanations suggest both why and how we should pay closer attention to the poetry of Renaissance drama. 606 $aEnglish drama$y17th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aVerse drama, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPoetics$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aVerse drama, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPoetics$xHistory 676 $a822.309 700 $aFreer$b Coburn$01205546 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524703003321 996 $aThe poetics of Jacobean drama$92996060 997 $aUNINA