Shakespeare and Renaissance drama / Hugh Mackay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackay, Hugh, 1969-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

York notes companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Criticism and interpretation.

Literature and society--England--History--16th century.

Literature and society.

England.

History.

Literature and society--England--History--17th century.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

iv, 350 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Longman ; [London] : York Press, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction

A cultural overview

Texts, writers and contexts. Comedies of eros: Galatea and A midsummer night's dream; Extended commentary: Twelfth night; Shakespeare's history plays: Richard III and Henry IV part 1; Extended commentary: Henry V; Tyranny, terror and tragedy on the English stage: Doctor Faustus, Othello and Macbeth; Extended commentary: Hamlet; Tragicomedy: All's well that ends well and Philaster; Extended commentary: The tempest; Comedies of humour, comedies of pain: Every man in his humour and The fawn; Extended commentary: Volpone; Jacobean revenge drama: The revenger's tragedy and women beware women; Extended commentary: The Duchess of Malfi

Critical theories and debates. Madness and subjectivity; Rhetoric and performance; Women at the margins; Nation-building

Reference and resources

Timeline

Further reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781408204801

1408204800

OCLC:

553364889