Monuments and literary posterity in early modern drama / Brian Chalk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chalk, Brian, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English drama.

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

Monuments in literature.

Memorials in literature.

Drama--Publishing--England--History--16th century.

Drama.

Drama--Publishing--England--History--17th century.

Drama--Publishing.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

History.

England.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"In spite of the ephemeral nature of performed drama, playwrights such as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Fletcher, and Shakespeare were deeply interested in the endurance of their theatrical work and in their own literary immortality. This book re-evaluates the relationship between these early modern dramatists and literary posterity by considering their work within the context of post-Reformation memorialization. Providing fresh analyses of plays by major dramatists, Brian Chalk considers how they depicted monuments and other funeral properties on stage in order to exploit and criticize the rich ambiguities of commemorative rituals. The book also discusses the print history of the plays featured. The subject will attract scholars and upper-level students of Renaissance drama, memory studies, early modern theatre, and print history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: "raptures of futurity"

1. "Let All things End": Marlowe's immortality

2. Jonson's textual monument

3. Webster's "worthyest monument": the problem of posterity in The Duchess of Malfi

4. "Mocking life": preemptive commemoration in The Winter's Tale

5. Fletcher's future: dynasty and collaborative posterity in Henry VIII

Coda: what they hath left us

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107123472

110712347X

OCLC:

908418224

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