Metadrama and the Informer in Shakespeare and Jonson

ISBN-13: 9781474431606 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str.

Bill Angus

Opis

Have you ever wondered what was really going on in the inner-plays, secret overhearing, and tacit observations of early modern drama? Taking on the shadowy figure of the early modern informer, this book argues that far more than mere artistic experimentation is happening here.

Spis treści

Introduction Suspect Devices: Metadrama and the Narcissism of Small Differences; 1. Hamlet’s ‘lawful espials’: Metadrama, Tainted Authority, and the Ubiquitous Informer; 2. Every Man In and Out: Metadramatic Ideals and Harsh Realities; 3. Sympathy for the Informer: Iago, Volpone, and Other Metadramatic Authors; 4. ‘Masters both of arts and lies’: Metadrama and the Informer in Poetaster and Sejanus; 5. Falstaff, Hal, Coriolanus: Metadrama and the Authority of Policy; 6. ‘Three Cranes, Mitre, and Mermaid men’: Metadramatic Self-Deprecation and Authority in Bartholomew Fair; 7. ‘Ministers of Fate’: Politic Oversight and Ideal Authorities; 8. Onstage Overviews: Metadrama and the Information Market; Conclusion.