The Poetics Of Jacobean Drama
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Author |
: Coburn Freer |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1421434318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781421434315 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Poetics of Jacobean Drama by : Coburn Freer
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 book also 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.
Author |
: Coburn Freer |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2019-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781421434308 |
ISBN-13 |
: 142143430X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Poetics of Jacobean Drama by : Coburn Freer
Originally 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.
Author |
: T. B. Tomlinson |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 2011-02-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521148278 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521148276 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Study of Elizabethan and Jacobean Tragedy by : T. B. Tomlinson
This study combines a consideration of the general issues affecting Elizabethan and Jacobean tragedy with particular comment on plays.
Author |
: Clive Bloom |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 1988-11-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781349195909 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1349195901 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jacobean Poetry And Prose by : Clive Bloom
11 essays which attempt to combine contemporary literary theory and sound practical criticism from a range of literary approaches. The contributors cover the poetry of John Donne, the theology and impact of The Book of Common Prayer, the politics of Jacobean theatre and other themes.
Author |
: James Hogg |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105012423468 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jacobean Drama as Social Criticism by : James Hogg
This collection of essays looks at the social criticism of such authors as Middleton, Webster, Massinger, Ford, John Fletcher, as well as considering the activities of the Actors' Companies and the production of Latin plays. Political criticism is found in the form of allusion in the tragedies, while the comedies are seen as mocking the shortcomings of the professional, middle and lower classes, some of the satire being directed against the way of speaking of the characters depicted.
Author |
: Renato Rizzoli |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 077344162X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780773441620 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (2X Downloads) |
Synopsis Representation and Ideology in Jacobean Drama by : Renato Rizzoli
Author |
: Clive Bloom |
Publisher |
: Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0312020694 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312020699 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jacobean Poetry and Prose by : Clive Bloom
Author |
: Edmund Gosse |
Publisher |
: Richard West |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 1894 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015063820859 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Jacobean Poets by : Edmund Gosse
Author |
: Anne B. Mangum |
Publisher |
: Edwin Mellen Press |
Total Pages |
: 152 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105111871179 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reflection of Africa in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama and Poetry by : Anne B. Mangum
Author |
: Una Mary Ellis-Fermor |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 380 |
Release |
: 1969 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015049828398 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Jacobean Drama by : Una Mary Ellis-Fermor