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Reading Drama in Tudor England (Hardcover)
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Reading Drama in Tudor England (Hardcover)
Series: Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
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Reading Drama in Tudor England is about the print invention of
drama as a category of text designed for readerly consumption.
Arguing that plays were made legible by the printed paratexts that
accompanied them, it shows that by the middle of the sixteenth
century it was possible to market a play for leisure-time reading.
Offering a detailed analysis of such features as title-pages,
character lists, and other paratextual front matter, it suggests
that even before the establishment of successful permanent
playhouses, playbooks adopted recognisable conventions that not
only announced their categorical status and genre but also
suggested appropriate forms of use. As well as a survey of implied
reading practices, this study is also about the historical owners
and readers of plays. Examining the marks of use that survive in
copies of early printed plays, it explores the habits of
compilation and annotation that reflect the striking and often
unpredictable uses to which early owners subjected their playbooks.
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