The Framing Text in Early Modern English Drama - 'Whining' Prologues and 'Armed' Epilogues

Though individual prologues and epilogues have been treated in depth, very little scholarship has been published on early modern framing texts as a whole. Combining original analysis with carefully compiled, comprehensive reference data, the author fills a gap in the literature by examining the origins of these texts and investigating their growing

List of contents

Introduction: Matters of Viewpoint; Chapter 1 Matters of Definition; Chapter 2 ‘Prologos’ to Prologue in Classical Drama; Chapter 3 Epilogue Origins and Medieval Framing Texts; Chapter 4 ‘Sit, see and hear’: Prologues, Epilogues and the Dichotomized Audience; Chapter 5 ‘Take your places, ladies’: Prologues, Epilogues and the Female Spectator; Chapter 6 The Framing Text – Matters of Custom; conclusion Conclusion: Identifying the Framing Text;

About the author

Brian Schneider is the Administrative Assistant to the Lexis project at the University of Manchester, UK.

Summary

Though individual prologues and epilogues have been treated in depth, very little scholarship has been published on early modern framing texts as a whole. Combining original analysis with carefully compiled, comprehensive reference data, the author fills a gap in the literature by examining the origins of these texts and investigating their growing

Product details

• Authors: Brian W. Schneider, Schneider Brian W.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032921907
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92190-7
• No. of pages: 330
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; DRAMA / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theatre Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literature: history and criticism, Plays, Playscripts, Classic and pre-20th century plays