From Playhouse to Printing House - Drama and Authorship in Early Modern England

Klappentext Examines how Renaissance dramatists made the difficult transition from playwrights to published authors.Douglas Brooks examines how Renaissance dramatists made the difficult transition from writing plays for the theatre to publishing them as literary works. Tracing the path from playhouse to printing house, he looks at the book trade's role in shaping the literary reputations of Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster, Beaumont, Fletcher and Thomas Heywood. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue 'Thou grewst to govern the whole Stage alone': dramas of authorship in early modern England; 1. 'A toy brought to the Presse': marketing printed drama in early modern London; 2. 'So disfigured with scrapings & blotting out': Sir John Oldcastle and the construction of Shakespeare's authorship; 3. 'If he be at his book, disturb him not': the two Jonson folios of 1616; 4. 'What strange Production is at last displaid': dramatic authorship and the dilemma of collaboration; 5. 'So wronged in beeing publisht': Thomas Heywood and the discourse of perilous publication; Epilogue 'Why not Malevole in folio with vs': the after-birth of the author; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Douglas A. Brooks, Douglas A. (Texas a & M University) Brooks
• Con la collaborazione di: Anne Barton (Editore), Stephen Orgel (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.12.2006
• EAN: 9780521034869
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03486-9
• Pagine: 316
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Renaissan
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata