Overview

James Shirley was the last great dramatist of the English Renaissance, shining out among other luminaries such as John Ford, Ben Jonson, or Richard Brome. This collection considers Shirley within the culture of his time, and highlights his contribution to seventeenth-century English literature as poet and playwright. Individual essays explore Shirley’s musical theatre and spoken verse, performance conditions, female agency and politics, and the presentation of his work in manuscript and print. Collectively, the essays assemble a larger picture of Caroline drama, showing it to be more than simply a nostalgic endgame, its poets daintily sipping hemlock on the eve of the Civil Wars. Shirley’s literary versatility and long life, spanning the last days of Queen Elizabeth I to the ascension of Charles II, make him an ideal writer through whom to examine the distinctive qualities of Caroline theatre.

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Author:   Barbara Ravelhofer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781472480361

ISBN 10:   1472480368
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   06 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Barbara Ravelhofer Time for James Shirley Jeremy Lopez The Comic and the Apocalyptic in Shirley’s Drama Rebecca Hasler ‘And you meane to rise at court, practise to caper’: The Representation of the Court in James Shirley’s Plays, 1631-36 Peter Happé Rebellion in Arcadia: Caroline Anti-Militarism in Dramatic Adaptations of Sidney Rachel Ellen Clark A Conflict More Fierce than Many Thousand Battles: Staging the Politics of Treason and Allegiance in James Shirley’s Maritime Plays, The Young Admiral and The Court Secret Rebecca Bailey Shirley’s Tragedies Barbara Ravelhofer Shirley’s Dublin Days: A Nervous Première of St. Patrick for Ireland Robert Lublin Papers Most Foul: The Melbourne Manuscript and the ‘Foul Papers’ Debate Dan Starza Smith Plotting Paratexts in Shirley’s The Politician Jitka Štollová The Drama of Shirley’s Poems Philip West Music in the Work of James Shirley Andrew Ashbee Versification from Shakespeare to Shirley: Implications for Performance Marina Tarlinskaja Bibliography

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Barbara Ravelhofer is Professor of English Literature at Durham University and a general editor on The Oxford Complete Works of James Shirley. Her publications include The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music (2006).

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