The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama An Introduction with Primary Sources
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Overview
The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama is a single critical and contextual resource for students embarking on an in-depth exploration of early modern drama, providing both critical insight and accessible contextual information. This companion equips students with the information needed to situate the plays in their socio-political, intellectual and literary contexts. Divided into two parts, it introduces students to the major authors and significant dramatic texts of the period and emphasises the importance of both a historicist and close-reading approach to better engage with these works.
The Guide offers:
- primary texts from key early modern scholars such as Machiavelli, Heywood and Sidney
- contextual information vital to a full understanding of the drama of the period
- close readings of 14 of the most widely studied play texts by Shakespeare and his contemporaries
- a single resource to accompany any study of early modern drama
This is an ideal companion for students of Renaissance drama, offering students and teachers a range of primary contextual sources to illuminate their understanding alongside close critical readings of the major plays of the period.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781472572240
- ISBN-10: 1472572246
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publish Date: October 2017
- Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
- Page Count: 360
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