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Social Dramas - Literature and Language in Early-Modern England. (Paperback)
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Social Dramas - Literature and Language in Early-Modern England. (Paperback)
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The City comedies in early-modern England repeated social tropes
and paradigms from which we can deduce much about social attitudes.
Although literature is often assumed to belong to the sphere of
representation rather than constituting an accurate reflection of
social reality, early-modern English drama can tell us much about
social attitudes in the early Seventeenth century. The City
comedies were, in particular, composed by authors who were embedded
in the mundane social existence of London, in its quotidian
transactions and exchanges, in its less salubrious contexts of
debt, drinking, death and incarceration. Although the dramatists
had slightly differing allegiances, their commentaries all
illuminate 'middling' society in the City of London. "This new work
by David Postles raises important questions in an innovative
manner. It will certainly be welcomed by the historical community."
-Bernard Capp, FBA, Dept of History, University of Warwick "David
Postles is one of the most innovative social historians writing
today." -Nigel Goose, Professor of Social and Economic History,
University of Hertfordshire "This book will be significant reading
for all those working in the field. It will be warmly received by
readers and reviewers, and will remain a work of reference for
scholars and students for the future." - Greg Walker, Regius
Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of
Edinburgh,
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