The Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England (Paperback)

Discourses of the Theatre examines the conflict over the stage and over what was perceived as the proliferation of theatrical practises in Renaissance England. After the first commercial theatre was established in London in 1576, virulent attacks on the stage and on the actors, writers and audiences associated with it, made available a language through which to condemn any practise deemed theatrical, deceitful or disruptive of the social order. Drawing upon materialist and feminist theory, Howard explores the ideological function of anti-theatrical discourse in the period and the gap between the evils of which the stage was accused and its actual cultural function. She challenges the view that the theatre was primarily the servant of monarchical and aristocratic interest and illustrates how new historicism has produced an incomplete picture of early modern theatre.

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General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1993
First published:	1994
Authors:	Jean E. Howard
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-09553-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-415-09553-0
Barcode:	9780415095532

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