Shakespeare, Court Dramatist

Zusatztext It is a book that everyone interested in Shakespeares texts will want to read. Informationen zum Autor Richard Dutton was educated at King's College, Cambridge and the University of Nottingham. He taught for many years at Lancaster University. Since 2003 he has been Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at The Ohio State University, where he served as chair of the English department from 2009 to 2013. He has published numerous monographs, scholarly editions, and edited collections relating to the early modern period, mostly focusing on the censorship of the drama, the authors Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, and theatre history. Klappentext Shakespeare, Court Dramatist outlines the symbiotic relationship between Shakespeare and the court and shows how it affected his writing, forging plays like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet into the versions we know best today. Zusammenfassung Shakespeare, Court Dramatist outlines the symbiotic relationship between Shakespeare and the court and shows how it affected his writing, forging plays like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet into the versions we know best today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Playing and the Court Shakespeare, Patronage, and the Court Shakespeare, Patronage and the Court Line Lengths, Playing Times, and Ben Jonson The Revision of Early Modern Play Texts Part 2: Shakespeare's Multiple Texts The Famous Victories of Shakespeare's Henry V 2 and 3 Henry VI -- A True Contention Romeo and Juliet Hamlet and Succession A Jacobean Merry Wives? Single Sequence Additions Jacobean Shakespeare Conclusions Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Richard Dutton, Richard (Humanities Distinguished Professo Dutton, Richard (Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Dutton
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2016
• EAN: 9780198777748
• ISBN: 978-0-19-877774-8
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; History, English, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, 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: c 1600 to c 1800, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean