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Introduction to English Renaissance comedy

By Alexander Leggatt

Introduction to English Renaissance comedy
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  • ISBN: 9780719049651
  • Publish Date: May 1999
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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    • Format: Paperback
    • Pages: 192
    • Price: £14.99
    • Published Date: May 1999

    Description

    Introduction to English Renaissance comedy provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasising the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition, its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country.

    This book makes a close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, making unexpected connections between them: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, Lyly's Endymion, Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Marston's The Malcontent, Middleton's Michaelmas Term, Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure and Brome's A Jovial Crew. Through these plays the reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.

    Contents

    Introduction
    1. Lyly, Endymion
    2. Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
    3. Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
    4. Marston, The Malcontent
    5. Middleton, Michaelmas Term
    6. Shakespeare, The Tempest
    7. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
    8. Caroline comedy: Shirley, the Lady of Pleasure and Brome, A Jovial Crew.
    Conclusion

    Author

    Alexander Leggatt is Professor of English at University College, University of Toronto

    Introduction to English Renaissance comedy

    By Alexander Leggatt

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