Romance on the Early Modern Stage: English Expansion Before and After Shakespeare
Author:   Cyrus Mulready
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137322708


Pages:   251
Publication Date:   15 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Romance on the Early Modern Stage: English Expansion Before and After Shakespeare


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What is dramatic romance? Scholars have long turned to Shakespeare's biography to answer this question, marking his 'late plays' as the beginning and end of the dramatic romance. This book identifies an earlier history for this genre, revealing how stage romances imaginatively expanded audience interest in England's emerging global economy.

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Author:   Cyrus Mulready
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.336kg
ISBN:  

9781137322708


ISBN 10:   1137322705
Pages:   251
Publication Date:   15 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction - Romance and the Globe 1. Romancing Shakespeare 2. 'Asia of the one side, and Afric of the other': Sidney's Unities and the Staging of Romance 3. Imagined Empires: The Cultural Geography of Stage Romance 4. Chronicle History, Cosmopolitan Romance: Henr y V and the Generic Boundaries of the Second Tetralogy 5. Containing Romance and Plotting Empire in The Tempe st and Pericl es 6. Milton's Imperial Mas k e: Staging Romance on the Border of Wales Coda - Global Romance after Shakespeare Appendix 1 Bibliography Index

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