'This earthly stage' : world and stage in late medieval and early modern England / edited by Brett D. Hirsch and Christopher Wortham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hirsch, Brett D.

Wortham, Christopher, 1940-

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cursor mundi (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 13.

Cursor Mundi ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Literature and society.

England.

History.

Literature and society--England--History--To 1500.

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

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

English drama.

English drama--To 1500--History and criticism.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Physical Description:

xi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2010]

Summary:

Scholars of English literature, mostly from Australia and North America, but also South Africa, explore the notion of the world as a stage, mostly in Shakespeare but also Marlowe and other playwrights of the period. Among their topics are pruning the tree of virtue in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, Howard Barker's refashioning of Hamlet's mother, the emblematic owl in early English culture, scenes of detection in the anonymous Elizabethan Tragedy of Master Arden of Faversham (1592), Edward II and the rhetoricians of myth, Marlowe's early tragedies, death and the pre-reformation London elite, and irony and transcendence on the Renaissance stage. Most of the 13 papers are from a 2006 symposium of the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group. There is no index. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

'Bi-fold Authority': The Electronic Re-creation of Shakespeare / Michael Best Best, Michael 17

Pruning the Tree of Virtue in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus / Victoria Bladen Bladen, Victoria 39

Twentieth-Century Australian Dreams / Alan Brissenden Brissenden, Alan 63

Contagious Emulation: Antitheatricality and Theatre as Plague in Troilus and Cressida / Darryl Chalk Chalk, Darryl 75

The Elemental Gertrude: Howard Barker's Refashioning of Hamlet's Mother / Steve Chinna Chinna, Steve 103

'I take pleasure in singing, sir': Towards an Interpretation of Shakespearean Song / Heather Dubrow Dubrow, Heather 115

From Jew to Puritan: The Emblematic Owl in Early English Culture / Brett D. Hirsch Hirsch, Brett D. 131

'Romancing the Handbook': Scenes of Detection in Arden of Faversham / Heather Kerr Kerr, Heather 173

Edward II and the Rhetoricians of Myth / Clayton G. Mackenzie Mackenzie, Clayton G. 193

Making Men out of Kings: Shakespeare's Sources and Kingship / Mary-Rose McLaren McLaren, Mary-Rose 211

Informing Audiences: Marlowe's Early Tragedies / Lucy Potter Potter, Lucy 235

Private Drama, Public Spectacle: Death and the Pre-Reformation London Elite / John Tillotson Tillotson, John 257

Irony and Transcendence on the Renaissance Stage / Laurence Wright Wright, Laurence 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

2503532268

9782503532264

OCLC:

491905768

Publisher Number:

99945645580