From playhouse to printing house : drama and authorship in early modern England / Douglas A. Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Douglas A.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 36.

Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

Authors and theater--England--History--16th century.

Authors and theater.

Authors and theater--England--History--17th century.

Literature publishing--England--History--16th century.

Literature publishing.

Literature publishing--England--History--17th century.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

Drama--Publishing--History.

Drama.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Authorship.

History.

Playwriting.

Drama--Publishing.

England.

Playwriting--History.

Authorship--History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This original study examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries made the difficult transition from writing plays for the theater to publishing them as literary works. Douglas Brooks analyzes how and why certain plays found their way into print while many others failed to do so and looks at the role played by the Renaissance book trade in shaping literary reputations. Incorporating many finely-observed typographical illustrations, this book focuses on plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster, and Beaumont and Fletcher as well as reviewing the complicated publication history of Thomas Heywood's work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-283) and index.

ISBN:

052177117X

OCLC:

43069939