Douglas Bruster's provocative study of English Renaissance drama explores its links with Elizabethan and Jacobean economy and society, looking at the status of playwrights such as Shakespeare and the establishment of commercial theatres. He identifies in the drama a materialist vision which has its origins in the climate of uncertainty engendered by the rapidly expanding economy of London. His examples range from the economic importance of cuckoldry to the role of stage props as commodities, and the commercial significance ...
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Douglas Bruster's provocative study of English Renaissance drama explores its links with Elizabethan and Jacobean economy and society, looking at the status of playwrights such as Shakespeare and the establishment of commercial theatres. He identifies in the drama a materialist vision which has its origins in the climate of uncertainty engendered by the rapidly expanding economy of London. His examples range from the economic importance of cuckoldry to the role of stage props as commodities, and the commercial significance of the Troy story in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, and he offers new ways of reading English Renaissance drama, by returning the theatre and the plays performed there, to its basis in the material world.
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Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 0521416647.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 0521416647.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0521416647. Very lightly crimped corners, otherwise text clean and tight; Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 180 pages.
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Very good. Brown cloth boards, octavo, not illustrated. Book has mild edgewear and rubbing to boards, sticker ghost to rear board, binding tight, small stamp to full-title, one page has single ink line in margin, otherwise unmarked.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned and the top edge of the pages is lightly foxed. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is ever so slightly edgeworn. 164pp.
