The Shakespearean forest / Anne Barton, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Cambridge, Fellow of Trinity College.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barton, Anne, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests in literature.

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

English drama.

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

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvii, 185 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Anne Barton's final book uncovers the pervasive presence of woodland in early modern drama, revealing its persistent imaginative power.

Contents:

Into the woods

Staging the forest

The wild man in the forest

'Like the old Robin Hood of England'

The forest and the city

Let the forest judge

Afterword: Anne Barton (1933-2013) by Peter Holland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780521573443

0521573440

OCLC:

982092034