Authorship and Appropriation - Writing for the Stage in England, 1660-1710

Zusatztext the enormous strength of this monograph is the close attention given to the detail of the market as it developed. Klappentext Authorship and Appropriation is the first full-length study of the cultural and economic status of playwriting in the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries! and argues that the period was a decisive one in the transition from Renaissance conceptions of authorship towards modern ones. Kewes offers a fresh account of the dramatic canon! revealing how the moderns--Dryden! Otway! Lee! Behn! and then their successors Congreve! Vanbrugh! and Farquhar--acquired an esteem equal! even superior! to their illustrious predecessors Shakespeare! Jonson! and Fletcher. Zusammenfassung A study of the cultural and economic status of playwriting between 1660 and 1710. The author argues that this period saw the move towards modern attitudes of dramatic art - which require authors to be the sole begetters of their works - and explores developments in the theatrical marketplace.

Product details

• Authors: Paulina Kewes, Paulina (Lecturer in English Kewes, Kewes Paulina
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780198184683
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818468-3
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Oxford English Monographs; Oxford English Monographs
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; England, Wales, Cultural Studies, European History, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, intellectual property law, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Literary studies: plays and playwrights