The Elizabethan Dumb Show : The History of a Dramatic Convention

ISBN-13: 9780415610780 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 224 str.

Dieter Mehl;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

First published in English in 1965, this book discusses the roots and development of the dumb show as a device in Elizabethan drama. The work provides not only a manual for those who wish to check the occurrence of dumb shows; it also makes a real contribution to a better understanding of the progress of Elizabethan drama.

Spis treści

1. Origins and Beginnings 2. Forms of the Dumb Show 3. The Classical Tragedies 4. Thomas Kyd 5. The 'University Wits' 6. Popular Plays of Legendary Heroes and Adventure 7. William Shakespeare 8. John Marston 9. Thomas Middleton 10. Romantic Tragicomedy

O autorze

Mehl, Dieter