Textual Patronage in English Drama, 1570-1640

Table des matières

Contents: Introduction: A preface about prefaces; The printing house and textual patronage; 'Complements of state': pageants, masques, and prefaces; Women as patrons of drama; 'It cannot avoid publishing': Marston and colleagues; 'I make thee my patron': Ben Jonson; The King's men's King's men: Shakespeare and folio patronage; Thomas Heywood's apology for readers (1608-38); 'Your noble construction': textual patronage in the 1630s; Epilogue: L'envoi; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

A propos de l'auteur

David M. Bergeron is Professor of English at Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas.

Résumé

The author recuperates the richness of these prefaces and connects them to the practice of patronage. The prefatory matter discussed ranges from the printer John Day's address to readers in the 1570 edition of Gorboduc to Richard Brome's dedication to William Seymour.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: BERGERON, David M. Bergeron, Bergeron David M.
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780815397380
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9738-0
• Pages: 257
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature, Literature: history & criticism