Domestic life and domestic tragedy in early modern England [[electronic resource] ] : the material life of the household / / Catherine Richardson

• Autore: Richardson Catherine
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.0093559
• Soggetto topico: Domestic drama, English - History and criticism; English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism; English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism; Households - England - History - 16th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction; 1 'My narrow-prying neighbours blab':moral perceptions of the early modern household; 2 'Choose thee a bed and hangings fora chamber; Take with thee everything that hath thy mark': objects and spaces in the early modern house; 3 Arden of Faversham; 4 Two Lamentable Tragedies; 5 A Woman Killed With Kindness; 6 A Yorkshire Tragedy; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In a theatre which self-consciously cultivated its audiences' imagination, how and what did playgoers 'see' on the stage? This book reconstructs one aspect of that imaginative process. It considers a range of printed and documentary evidence - the majority previously unpublished - for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households. It then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. It therefore offers a new method for understanding theatrical representations, based around a truly interdisciplinary st
• Titolo autorizzato: Domestic life and domestic tragedy in early modern England
• ISBN: 1-78170-116-4; 1-84779-187-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465683803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II