Shakespeare and University Drama in Early Modern England

This book examines how the apparently secluded theatrical culture of the universities became a major source of inspiration for Shakespeare and his contemporaries. It offers groundbreaking new readings of plays from throughout Shakespeare's career, illustrating how their depictions of academic culture were shaped by university plays.

List of contents

• Note on the Text


• Introduction: Shakespeare and the University


• 1: University Drama in Performance, Manuscript, and Print


• 2: The Insular Academy: From Pedantius to Love's Labour's Lost


• 3: The Scholar's Prejudice in Hamlet


• 4: Disputed Prophecies in Macbeth


• 5: Ben Jonson Joins the University


• Bibliography

About the author

Daniel Blank is Assistant Professor in Early Modern Literature, 1500-1700 at Durham University. His research and teaching interests include Shakespeare, early modern drama, and theater history, as well as the intellectual culture and classical heritage of the early modern period.

Summary

This book examines how the apparently secluded theatrical culture of the universities became a major source of inspiration for Shakespeare and his contemporaries. It offers groundbreaking new readings of plays from throughout Shakespeare's career, illustrating how their depictions of academic culture were shaped by university plays.

Additional text

In his scrupulously researched book brimming with extensive and new archival evidence, Daniel Blank provides textual, philological, and critical analysis of the plays with their extra-textual context, the printing of university drama, and the interaction between academic and commercial plays

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Blank, Daniel (Assistant Professor in Early Modern Blank
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.03.2023
• EAN: 9780192886095
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288609-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean