The Reinvention of Theatre in Sixteenth-century Europe: Traditions, Texts and Performance

Author:   T. F. Earle ,  Catarina Fouto
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367601836


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
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Author:   T. F. Earle ,  Catarina Fouto
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780367601836


ISBN 10:   0367601834
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Part I: Literary Tradition and the Theatre 1. Sooner than Shakespeare: Inwardness and Lexicon in the Drama of Gil Vicente and António Prestes 2. The Auto da Festa and the (Well-stocked) Workshop of Gil Vicente 3. The Auto de la huida a Egipto: Italian and Other Connections 4. Who is Júlio? Plot and Identity in António Ferreira’s Comedies 5. The Reinvention of Classical Comedy and Tragedy in Portugal: Defining Drama in the Work of Sá de Miranda, António Ferreira and Diogo de Teive 6. The Recovery of Terence in Renaissance Italy: From Alberti to Machiavelli 7. Palimpsestuous Phaedra: William Gager's Additions to Seneca's Tragedy for his 1592 Production at Christ Church, Oxford 8. The Power of Transformation in Guillén de Castro’s El caballero bobo (1595-1605) and La fuerza de la costumbre (1610-15): Translation and Performance Part II: Theatre and Performance 9. Amateurs Meet Professionals: Theatrical Activities in Late Sixteenth-Century Italian Academies 10. Competing with Continentals: The Case of William Kemp 11. Gil Vicente, a Source for a Heritage Made of Scraps Part III: Theatre and Society 12. Plautus and Terence in Tudor England 13. Diffusing Drama: Manuscript and Print in the Transmission of Camões’s Plays 14. From the Catholic Mystery Play to Calvinist Tragedy, or the Reinvention of French Religious Drama 15. The Renaissance Meets the Reformation: The Dramatist Thomas Naogeorg (1508-1563)

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