Early British drama in manuscript / edited by Tamara Atlin and Laura Estill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Atkin, Tamara, 1981- editor.

Estill, Laura, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English drama.

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

Manuscripts, English--History.

Manuscripts, English.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 376 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

Early British Drama in Manuscript is the first book-length study to focus exclusively on medieval and early modern drama in the context of a rich and varied manuscript culture.00This collection of essays examines medieval and early modern drama in the context of a rich and varied manuscript culture. Focusing on the production, performance, and reception of dramatic documents made in Britain between 1400 and 1700, the essays in this book shed new light on the role of dramatic manuscripts in a range of different social and literary spheres. From extant manuscripts of England's mystery cycles to miscellanies kept by seventeenth-century readers, the documents discussed in this volume reflect a culture of producing and using drama in ways that have been overlooked by the recent critical focus on drama and print by theatre historians and literary critics. By showing the various continuities, exchanges, lendings, and borrowings between medieval and early modern scribal practices, as well as between manuscript and print practices, this volume interrogates accepted critical narratives about the way that drama has been historicized.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9782503575469

2503575463

OCLC:

1085148190