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The disguised ruler in Shakespeare and his contemporaries / Kevin A. Quarmby.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR658.P6 Q83 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quarmby, Kevin A.
- Series:
- Studies in performance and early modern drama
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- Disguise in literature.
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.).
- Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--James I, 1603-1625.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
- Summary:
- The trope of disguised ruler mixing with common folk goes back to antiquity, says actor-turned-scholar Quarmby (Halle Institute for Global Learning, Atlanta and Shakespeare's Globe, London), and he shows how Shakespeare and his contemporaries used it. He discusses the disguised ruler on the Elizabethan stage, The Malcontent: a play in two forms; conventionality in disguise in Measure for Measure; law, morality, and the medievalism of disguise in The Phoenix and The Fawn; and disguised ruler afterlives: the specter of terrorism. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409401599
- 1409401596
- 9781409401605
- 140940160X
- OCLC:
- 753350830
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