Staging favorites : theatrical representations of political favoritism in the early modern courts of Spain, France, and England / Francisco Gomez Martos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gómez Martos, Francisco, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Routledge studies in Renaissance and early modern worlds of knowledge

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

European drama.

Favorites, Royal, in literature.

Courts and courtiers in literature.

Authors and patrons--Europe--History--17th century.

Authors and patrons.

Theater--Europe--History--17th century.

Theater.

Courts and courtiers.

Europe--Courts and courtiers--History--17th century.

Europe.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

120 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Staging Favorites explores theatrical representations of royal favorites in Spanish, French, and English dramatic production during the late-sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. During this time, the courts of Spain, France, and England were dominated by all-powerful ministers who enjoyed royal favor. The politics of royal favoritism gave rise to a significant group of plays which constitutes the subject of this book. While scholars have studied this group partially and separately in national context, Staging Favorites approaches these "dramas about favorites" from a wider European point of view, and performs comparative analyses of a number of plays - including La paciencia en la fortuna; Le Favori, ou la Coquette; and Sejanus his Fall - and adds new detail and differentiation to the early modern perception and representation of the royal favorite. This book will appeal to scholars and students interested in early modern literature, history of theatre, and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Dramas On Favorites: History And Theory

2. Favorites In Spanish Drama

3. Favorites In French Drama

4. Favorites In English Drama.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

Online version: Gomez Martos, Francisco, Staging favorites

ISBN:

9780367538415

0367538415

OCLC:

1149376201

Publisher Number:

99991375909