Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre

ISBN-13: 9781474432917 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 192 str.

Bill Angus

Opis

This study explores the disturbing intrinsic connections between authors, informers, and authorities found in a wide selection of early modern metadrama.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction: Errant Intelligence: The Devil’s Own; 1. ‘Subtle sleights’: Amity and the Informer in Damon and Pithias; 2. The Parasites of Machiavel; 3. The Knight of the Burning Pestle and the Menace of the Audience; 4. The Reluctant Informer: Humanising the Beast; 5. Metadrama and the Murderous Nature of Authority; 6. The Burning Issue: Metadrama and Contested Authority in Chettle’s Hoffman; Conclusion: No-one Is There: Ubiquity and Invisibility; Index.