Reading Masques - The English Masque and Public Culture in the Seventeenth Century

Zusatztext [a] fascinating contribution ... eye-opening ... the book provides an excellent starting-point for future students of the masque, fruitfully remapping the field and offering exciting new avenues for exploring both the genre and early modern culture in general. Reading Masques does not disappoint Informationen zum Autor Lauren Shohet is the author of numerous essays on Milton, Shakespeare, and other topics in poetry, drama, history of the book, and adaptation studies. She holds degrees in English Literature (Ph.D. and M.A., Brown University; B.A., Oberlin College), Comparative Literature (B.A. Oberlin College), and Harpsichord Performance (B.Mus., Oberlin College Conservatory.) She teaches English at Villanova University. Klappentext Reading Masques interweaves analysis of text, music, and spectacle with research into the printing, marketing, and readership of masques, demonstrating the masque's importance beyond the social and historical parameters of other studies. It draws together masques by Jonson, Milton, Davenant, and Shirley with others by lesser known authors. Zusammenfassung Reading Masques interweaves analysis of text, music, and spectacle with research into the printing, marketing, and readership of masques, demonstrating the masque's importance beyond the social and historical parameters of other studies. It draws together masques by Jonson, Milton, Davenant, and Shirley with others by lesser known authors.

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• Authors: Lauren Shohet, Lauren (Associate Professor of English Shohet, Shohet Lauren
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2010
• EAN: 9780199295890
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929589-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature - Classics / Criticism, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Literary studies: plays and playwrights