The Media Players - Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News (Hardcover)

The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News builds a case for the central, formative function of Shakespeare's theater in the news culture of early modern England. In an analysis that combines historical research with recent developments in public sphere theory, Dr. Stephen Wittek argues that the unique discursive space created by commercial theater helped to foster the conceptual framework that made news possible. Dr. Wittek's analysis focuses on the years between 1590 and 1630, an era of extraordinary advances in English news culture that begins with the first instance of serialized news in England and ends with the emergence of news as a regular, permanent fixture of the marketplace. Notably, this period of expansion in news culture coincided with a correspondingly extraordinary era of theatrical production and innovation, an era that marks the beginning of commercial theater in London, and has left us with the plays of William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Middleton.

General

Imprint:	The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2015
Authors:	Stephen Wittek
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-472-07281-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	0-472-07281-1
Barcode:	9780472072811

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