Persia in early modern English drama, 1530-1699 : the imagined empire / Chloe Houston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houston, Chloë, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

New transculturalisms, 1400-1800

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--Themes, motives.

English drama.

English drama--17th century--Themes, motives.

Iran--In literature.

Iran.

English drama--Themes, motives.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 295 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2023]

Summary:

"​This book is a study of the representation of the Persian empire in English drama across the early modern period, from the 1530s to the 1690s. The wide focus of this book, encompassing thirteen dramatic entertainments, both canonical and little-known, allow it to trace the changes and developments in the dramatic use of Persia and its people across one and a half centuries. It explores what Persia signified to English playwrights and audiences in this period; the ideas and associations conjured up by mention of 'Persia'; and where information about Persia came from. It also considers how ideas about Persia changed with the development of global travel and trade, as English people came into people with Persians for the first time. In addressing these issues, this book provides an examination not only of the representation of Persia in dramatic material, but of the broader relationship between travel, politics and the theatre in early modern England." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

3031226178

9783031226175

OCLC:

1350426567