Emulation on the Shakespearean stage / Vernon Guy Dickson, Florida International University, USA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickson, Vernon Guy, author.

Series:

Studies in performance and early modern drama.

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Imitation in literature.

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

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using the interactions of a range of English Renaissance plays with ancient and Renaissance rhetorics, this study analyzes the conflicted uses of emulation in the period. The author also reassesses and nuances our understanding of the roles and significance of emulation in the Renaissance. Among the individual texts examined here are Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus and Hamlet, Jonson's Catiline, and Massinger's The Roman Actor.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 "Emulation hath a thousand sons": Emulative Rhetorics in Renaissance England; 2 "A pattern, precedent, and lively warrant"; 3 "Suit the action to the word"; 4 "I am what you should be"; 5 "Act[ing] an orators part"; Afterword: Emulation's "thousand sons" and Roman Influence: Conclusions and Implications; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2013 by Ashgate Pub.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-138-24880-0

1-317-14409-0

1-315-57941-3

1-4094-6929-8

9781315579412

OCLC:

858762759