Staging Favorites - Theatrical Representations of Political Favoritism in Early Modern

List of contents

Introduction
1. Dramas on Favorites: History and Theory
2. Favorites in Spanish Drama
3. Favorites in French Drama
4. Favorites in English Drama
Conclusion

About the author

Francisco Gómez Martos holds a PhD in History from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, and a PhD in Spanish Literature from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. His main research interests are historiography and early modern culture.

Summary

Staging Favorites explores theatrical representations of royal favorites in Spanish, French, and English dramatic production during the late-sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in early modern literature, history of theatre, and cultural history.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco Gomez Martos, Francisco Gómez Martos, Francisco Gomez Martos, Francisco Gómez Martos
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367538415
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53841-5
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Literary studies: plays and playwrights