Renaissance Comedy

Author : Donald Beecher
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780802097231

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Renaissance Comedy by Donald Beecher Pdf

In this second volume of Renaissance Comedy, Donald Beecher presents six more of the best-known plays of the period, each with its own introduction, reading notes, and annotations. Beecher's general introduction, though stand-alone, complements and extends the historical and critical essay prefacing the first volume. Together, the eleven plays in both volumes illuminate the range, variety, and development of the Italian comedy. The second volume of Renaissance Comedy raises fascinating questions about the uses of classical literature, the conventions of comedy, the politics of theatrical production, and the representation of contemporary social issues. Though it is clear that comedic plays exercised considerable influence over the development of European drama, these plays are above all remarkable for their sheer wit and invention, and their capacity to generate laughter and admiration in readers nearly half a millennium later.

Author : Don Beecher,The Da Ponte Library
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442691742

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Renaissance Comedy by Don Beecher,The Da Ponte Library Pdf

A rich and multi-faceted aspect of the Italian Renaissance, the comedy has been largely overlooked as a cultural force during the period. In Renaissance Comedy, editor Donald Beecher corrects this oversight with a collection of eleven comedies representative of the principal styles of writing that define the genre. Proceeding from early, ‘erudite’ imitations of Plautus and Terence to satires, sentimental plays of the middle years, and later, more experimental works, the development of Italian Renaissance comedy is here dissected in a fascinating and vivid light. This first of two volumes boasts five of the best-known plays of the period, each with its own historical and critical introduction. Also included is a general introduction by the editor, which discusses the features of Italian Renaissance comedy, as well as examines the stage histories of the plays and what little is known, in many cases, of the circumstances surrounding their original performances. The introduction raises questions concerning the nature of audiences, the festival occasions during which the plays were performed, and the academies which sponsored many of their creations. As a much-needed reappraisal of these comedic plays, Renaissance Comedy is an invaluable look at the performance history of the Renaissance and Italian culture in general.

Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0719049652

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Introduction To English Renaissance Comedy by Alexander Leggatt Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasizing the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy--its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition and its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. In his close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, Alexander Leggatt makes some unexpected connections between them. The reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.

Author : Robert Shaughnessy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350316508

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Four Renaissance Comedies by Robert Shaughnessy Pdf

This edition of four Renaissance comedies represents the vitality, range and diversity of the English comic drama of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reflecting both its capacity for escapist fantasy and its concern with the intrigues of everyday city life. Comprehensive textual notes establish the plays in their originating cultural and theatrical circumstances, as well as explaining obscure references and allusions. A general introduction provides a helpful overview of early modern comedy in the context of Renaissance comic theory and practice, together with an assessment of its continuing theatrical appeal.

Author : Sylvia D. Feldman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111682433

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The morality-patterned comedy of the Renaissance by Sylvia D. Feldman Pdf

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Author : Jonathan Hart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317539780

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Reading the Renaissance (Routledge Revivals) by Jonathan Hart Pdf

Reading the Renaissance, first published in 1996, is a collection of essays discussing the literature, drama, poetics and culture of the Renaissance period. The Renaissance, which extends from about 1300 to 1700 depending on the country, was originally a rebirth of the arts but has also come to apply to the wider cultural change in the face of modernization. The essays represent a plural Renaissance and explore the boundaries between genre and gender, languages and literatures, reading and criticism, the Renaissance and the medieval, the early modern and the postmodern, world and theatre. There is also a plurality of methods that is fitting for the variety of topics and the richness of the Renaissance. This book is ideal for students of literature and theatre studies.

Author : David Farley-Hills
Publisher : Springer
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1981-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349050086

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The Comic in Renaissance Comedy by David Farley-Hills Pdf

Author : Donald Beecher
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780802094841

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Renaissance Comedy by Donald Beecher Pdf

A rich and multi-faceted aspect of the Italian Renaissance, the comedy has been largely overlooked as a cultural force during the period. In Renaissance Comedy, editor Donald Beecher corrects this oversight with a collection of eleven comedies representative of the principal styles of writing that define the genre. Proceeding from early, 'erudite' imitations of Plautus and Terence to satires, sentimental plays of the middle years, and later, more experimental works, the development of Italian Renaissance comedy is here dissected in a fascinating and vivid light. This first of two volumes boasts five of the best-known plays of the period, each with its own historical and critical introduction. Also included is a general introduction by the editor, which discusses the features of Italian Renaissance comedy, as well as examines the stage histories of the plays and what little is known, in many cases, of the circumstances surrounding their original performances. The introduction raises questions concerning the nature of audiences, the festival occasions during which the plays were performed, and the academies which sponsored many of their creations. As a much-needed reappraisal of these comedic plays, Renaissance Comedy is an invaluable look at the performance history of the Renaissance and Italian culture in general.

Author : Jonathan Locke Hart
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : European literature
ISBN : 0815323557

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Reading the Renaissance by Jonathan Locke Hart Pdf

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Brian Jeffery
Publisher : Oxford : Clarendon P.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015053647445

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French Renaissance Comedy, 1552-1630 by Brian Jeffery Pdf

Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1972-12-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781487586348

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Citizen Comedy in the Age of Shakespeare by Alexander Leggatt Pdf

This is the first book to survey comprehensively the field of Elizabethan and Jacobean citizen comedy. Most studies of the period focus on major authors; this one follows recurring themes and motifs, through a variety of plays by many authors from the moralizing comedies of the boys' companies. Professor Leggatt provides not only a fresh perspective on familiar plays by such figures as Jonson, Middleton, and Dekker, but also a new look at a number of neglected comedies, some by unfamiliar authors, some by major authors working together. Standard figures – the usurer, the prodigal, and the prostitute – and standard plots – notably intrigues based on money or sex (or both) – are traced to show the changes that occur in apparently stereotyped material at the hands of individual authors. The result is to display the range and internal variety of a genre that too often is seen as all of a piece, and to show the different ways in which social thinking can interact with the demands and comic form. This book will interest students of Renaissance English drama, both for its treatment of a neglected type of play and for its comments on individual citizen comedies. Those who are concerned with drama as a vehicle for social commentary will find many points for discussion.

Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : Manchester : Manchester University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015048516630

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Introduction to English Renaissance Comedy by Alexander Leggatt Pdf

This guide provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, encompassing the eclective, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition and its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country. This book, an analysis of some of the richest comedies of the periods, makes sometimes inexpected connection between them: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, Lyly's Endymion, Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Marston's The Malcontent, Middleton's Michaelmas Term, Jonson's Bartholemew Fair, Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure and Brome's A Jovial Crew. Through these plays the reader is given a picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.

Author : Richard Andrews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993-04-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521353571

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Scripts and Scenarios by Richard Andrews Pdf

Examines in a different light the innovative and influential scripted comedies of the Italian Renaissance.

Author : Donald Beecher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Italian drama
ISBN : OCLC:847503922

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Renaissance Comedy by Donald Beecher Pdf

Author : Wendy Griswold
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1986-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0226309231

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Renaissance Revivals by Wendy Griswold Pdf

Renaissance Revivals examines patterns in the London revivals of two English Renaissance theatre genres over the past four centuries. Griswold's focus on revenge tragedies and city comedies illuminates the ongoing interaction between society and its cultural products. No cultural object is ever created anew, she argues, but is instead constructed from existing cultural genres and conventions, the visions and professional needs of the artist, and the interests of an audience. Thus, every "new play" is in part a renaissance and every "revival" is in part an entirely new cultural object.