Shakespeare's Stage Traffic: Imitation, Borrowing and Competition in Renaissance Theatre

ISBN-13: 9781316646557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 317 str.

Janet Clare

Opis

Contesting the notion of Shakespeare as originator, Clare demonstrates how Shakespeare adapted, imitated and borrowed from the work of others.

Recenzje

'… Clare [does] persuasive and innovative things with each of her chosen plays.' Gwilym Jones, Around the Globe

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Troublesome reigns; 2. Deposing kings; 3. Cross-cultural comedy; 4. Competing dramaturgies: later comedy; 5. Medley history; 6. Hamlet and the 'humour of children'; 7. Conversion: from Elizabethan to Jacobean theatre; 8. Generic transformations; Afterword.