Generic innovation in Shakespeare and his contemporaries / Edward Gieskes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gieskes, Edward, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book investigates generic change in early modern theatre across multiple genres, unlike much other scholarship, attempting to understand change and innovation in terms of competition within the dramatic field. It draws on the work of Bakhtin and Bourdieu as well as theatre history, book history, and literary criticism to advance its argument about generic change and innovation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Chaucer (of all admired) the story gives: Shakespeare, Medieval Romance, and Generic Innovation

2. Mirrours more then one: Spenser, Shakespeare, and Generic Change

3. King Cambyses vein: Generic Change in the 1580s and 1590s

4. Lies like truth: History, Fiction, Genre, Innovation

5. Whats aught but as tis valued: History, Truth, and Fiction

6. When the bad bleed: Tenants to Tragedy

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474496759

147449675X

9781474496766

1474496768

OCLC:

1402696246