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1 online resource (x, 216 pages) |
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Studies in Renaissance literature, 1465-6310 ; v. 22 |
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Studies in Renaissance literature, 1465-6310 ; v. 22
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| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTS ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Aristotle and Tragicomedy; 2. The Difficult Emergence of Pastoral Tragicomedy: Guarini's Il pastor fido and its Critical Reception in Italy, 1586-1601; 3. Transporting Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and the Magical Pastoral of the Commedia dell'Arte; 4. The Minotaur of the Stage: Tragicomedy in Spain; 5. Highly Irregular: Defining Tragicomedy in Seventeenth-Century France; 6. In Lieu of Democracy, or How Not to Lose Your Head: Theatre and Authority in Renaissance England; 7. Taking Pericles Seriously |
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8. 'The Neutral Term'?: Shakespearean Tragicomedy and the Idea of the 'Late Play'9. Shakespeare by the Numbers:On the Linguistic Texture of the Late Plays; 10. Turn and Counterturn: Merchanting, Apostasy and Tragicomic Form in Massinger's The Renegado; 11. Dublin Tragicomedy and London Stages; 12. 'Betwixt Both': Sketching the Borders of Seventeenth-Century Tragicomedy; INDEX |
| Summary |
Tragicomedy is one of the most important dramatic genres in Renaissance literature, and the essays collected here offer stimulating new perspectives and insights, as well as providing broad introductions to arguably lesser-known European texts |
| Notes |
Based on papers presented at a conference held Apr. 2005, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Eng |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Tragicomedy -- History and criticism
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European drama -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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European drama -- Renaissance
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Tragicomedy
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Tragikomödie
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Tragicomedy -- History and criticism.
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European drama -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mukherji, Subha, editor.
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Lyne, Raphael, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781846155352 |
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1846155355 |
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1282185322 |
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9781282185326 |
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