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Renaissance Drama
An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments
Series: Blackwell Anthologies
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Ideal for scholars, teachers, and readers interested in English Renaissance drama and culture. This anthology is well-suited to those exploring non-Shakespearean theatrical works and the broader spectrum of Renaissance entertainment.
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Experience the best and most noteworthy works of Renaissance drama.
This Third Edition of Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments is the latest instalment of a groundbreaking collection of non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama. Covering not only the popular drama of the period, Renaissance Drama includes masques, Lord Mayor shows, royal performances, and the popular mystery plays of the time. The selections fairly represent the variety and quality of Renaissance drama and they include works of scholarly and literary interest.
Each work included in this edition comes with an insightful and illuminating introduction that places the piece in its historical and cultural context, with accompanying text explaining the significance of each piece and the ways in which it interacts with other works.
New to this edition are:
- The famous entertainment for Elizabeth at Kenilworth
- George Peele’s remarkably inventive The Old Wives’ Tale
- The oft-forgotten history of Thomas of Woodstock, predecessor to Shakespeare’s Richard II
- John Lyly’s Gallathea, a work which explores gender and love, written for the Children’s Company at Saint Paul’s
- Ben Johnson’s Volpone and the controversial Epicoene
Perfect for scholars, teachers, and readers of the English Renaissance, Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments belongs on the bookshelves of anyone with even a passing interest in the drama of its time.
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ISBN: 9781118823972
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 September 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 3rd edition
Contributors:
- Edited by Arthur F. Kinney
- Edited by David A. Katz
- Edited by Arthur F. Kinney
- Edited by Arthur F. Kinney
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 46.0mm
Width: 168.0mm
Height: 241.0mm
Weight: 1588g
Pages: 1168
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About the Author
ARTHUR F. KINNEY is Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History Emeritus in the University of Massachusetts and Founding Director of the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies. He is the author and editor of a number of books and essays, including Renaissance Drama (editor, 2005), Shakespeare and Cognition (2006), Elizabethan and Jacobean England (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare (editor, 2012), and Renaissance Reflections, Selected Essays 1976–2014 (2014). He is the only recipient of both the Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renaissance Society of America and the Jean Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sidney Society.
DAVID A. KATZ is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross. His articles have been published in The Shakespearean International Yearbook, English Literary Renaissance, Studies in Philology, Symbolism: An International Annual of Critical Aesthetics, The Sidney Journal, and other periodicals.
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