Monuments and Literary Posterity in Early Modern Drama

This book re-evaluates the relationship between Renaissance dramatists and literary posterity by examining their work in relation to post-Reformation ideas about memorialization.

List of contents

Introduction: 'raptures of futurity'; 1. 'Let all things end': Marlowe's immortality; 2. Jonson's textual monument; 3. Webster's 'worthyest monument': the problem of posterity in The Duchess of Malfi; 4. 'Mocking life': preemptive commemoration in The Winter's Tale; 5. Fletcher's future: dynasty and collaborative posterity in Henry VIII; Coda: what they hath left us; Select bibliography; Index.

About the author

Brian Chalk is Assistant Professor of English at Manhattan College, New York. He has published essays on early modern drama and culture in journals including Studies in Philology and Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900.

Summary

Re-evaluating the relationship between Renaissance dramatists and literary posterity, this book centres on the question of how writers attempted to cope with mortality, with a particular focus on drama and the building of monuments. It will interest scholars and upper-level students of Renaissance drama, memory studies, early modern theatre, and print history.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Chalk, Brian (Manhattan College Chalk, Chalk Brian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781107558908
• ISBN: 978-1-107-55890-8
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literature: history & criticism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, 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 1500 to c 1600, Literature: history and criticism, C 1600 To C 1700, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600