The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama - An Introduction with Primary Sources (Hardcover, HPOD)

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.

General

Imprint:	The Arden Shakespeare
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Brinda Charry
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	360
Edition:	HPOD
ISBN-13:	978-1-4725-7225-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism Promotions
LSN:	1-4725-7225-4
Barcode:	9781472572257

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