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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-10
1474415113
ISBN-13
9781474415118
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237540725
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Metadrama and the Informer in Shakespeare and Jonson
Subject
Medieval, Drama, Shakespeare
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-590327
Dewey Edition
23
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A carefully developed and original argument that brings to our attention a hitherto overlooked aspect of Renaissance drama. A theoretically sophisticated and historically informed account,?full of'surprising perceptions that, taken together, add significantly to our knowledge, and will'enhance considerably our readings of the plays of?Shakespeare and Ben Jonson., A carefully developed and original argument that brings to our attention a hitherto overlooked aspect of Renaissance drama. A theoretically sophisticated and historically informed account,full ofsurprising perceptions that, taken together, add significantly to our knowledge, and willenhance considerably our readings of the plays ofShakespeare and Ben Jonson., This book is a learned, distinctive study which makes a forceful argument for paying new attention to the crucial but neglected figure of the informer in Renaissance literary and political culture, as well as intervening in debates about the metadramatic aspects of canonical Renaissance plays.
Dewey Decimal
822/.309
Table Of Content
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.
Synopsis
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., Explores disturbing connections between authors and informers revealed in the metadrama of Shakespeare and Jonson 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. In case studies of metadramatic plays, and the devices which Shakespeare and Jonson constantly revisit, this book offers critical insight into intrinsic connections between informers and authors, discovering an uneasy sense of common practice at the core of the metadrama, which drives both its self-awareness and its paranoia. Drama is most self-revealing at these moments where it reflects upon its own dramatic register: where it is most metadramatic. To understand their metadrama is therefore to understand these most seminal authors in a new way. Key Features Offers a fresh insight into the internal workings and motivations of Shakespeare and Jonson's dramatic structures Opens a new window on the ambitions, concerns, and fears of these important authors Enhances historical understanding of the structures of authority within which the drama was produced, and the place of the informer in those structures, Explores disturbing connections between authors and informers revealed in the metadrama of Shakespeare and Jonson 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. In case studies of metadramatic plays, and the devices which Shakespeare and Jonson constantly revisit, this book offers critical insight into intrinsic connections between informers and authors, discovering an uneasy sense of common practice at the core of the metadrama, which drives both its self-awareness and its paranoia. Drama is most self-revealing at these moments where it reflects upon its own dramatic register: where it is most metadramatic. To understand their metadrama is therefore to understand these most seminal authors in a new way. Key Features Offers a fresh insight into the internal workings and motivations of Shakespeare and Jonson's dramatic structuresOpens a new window on the ambitions, concerns, and fears of these important authorsEnhances historical understanding of the structures of authority within which the drama was produced, and the place of the informer in those structures
LC Classification Number
PR658
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