English Drama 1586-1642 - The Age of Shakespeare

Zusatztext His contribution is immensely informative and eloquently written Informationen zum Autor G. K. Hunter is Emily Sandford Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Klappentext Shakespeare is usually set apart from his contemporaries, in kind no less than quality. This book sees Elizabethan drama as drawn together by a shared need to deal with contradictory pressures from heterogeneous audiences, censorious authorities, profit driven managers, and authors looking for classic status and social esteem. Hunter follows the compromises and contradictions of the Elizabethan repertory, examining how Shakespeare and his fellow dramatists were able to move easily from vulgar realism to poetic transcendence. Vorwort The final volume in the Oxford History of English Literature Series Zusammenfassung Shakespeare is usually set apart from his contemporaries, in kind no less than quality. This book sees Elizabethan drama as drawn together by a shared need to deal with contradictory pressures from heterogeneous audiences, censorious authorities, profit driven managers, and authors looking for classic status and social esteem.

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• Authors: G K Hunter, G. K. Hunter, G. K. (Emily Sandford Professor Emeritus Hunter, George K. Hunter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780198122135
• ISBN: 978-0-19-812213-5
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: Oxford History of English Literature; Oxford History of English Lite; Oxford History of English Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies