| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
1048212
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b802582
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Bruster, Douglas.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre : : performance and liminality in early modern drama /\ Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (xi, 189 pages)
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0203362683
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780203362686
|
|
|
:
|
041533442X
|
|
|
:
|
0415334438
|
|
|
:
|
9780415334426
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-182) and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
The Elizabethan prologue : text, actor, performance -- Prologue as threshold and usher -- Authority and authorization in the pre-Shakespearean prologue -- Frivolous jestures versus matter of worth : Christopher Marlowe -- Kingly harp and iron pen in the playhouse : George Peele -- From hodge-podge to scene individable : John Lyly -- Henry V and the signs of power : William Shakespeare.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
"This study draws attention to the largely neglected form of the early modern prologue. Reading the prologue in performed as well as printed contexts, Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann take us beyond concepts of stability and autonomy in dramatic beginnings to reveal the crucial cultural functions performed by the prologue in Elizabethan England."
|
|
|
:
|
"Close readings of prologues by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, including Marlowe, Peele and Lyly, demonstrate the prologue's role in representing both the world in the play and playing in the world. Through their detailed examination of this remarkable form and its functions, the authors provide a fascinating perspective on early modern drama, a perspective that enriches our knowledge of the plays' socio-cultural context and their mode of theatrical address and action."--Jacket.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Technique.
|
|
|
:
|
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
|
|
|
:
|
Shakespeare, William.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Drama-- Technique.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-- History and criticism.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Mimesis in literature.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Openings (Rhetoric)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Prologues and epilogues-- History and criticism.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Drama
|
| Subject
|
:
|
DRAMA-- Shakespeare.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Drama-- Technique.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
English drama.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
LITERARY CRITICISM-- Shakespeare.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Mimesis in literature.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Openings (Rhetoric)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Prolog
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Prologues and epilogues.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Technique.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Zeitgenossen
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Prologen.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Toneelstukken.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Englisch.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
822.3/3
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
PR658.P68B78 2004eb
|
| NLM classification
|
:
|
18.05bcl
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Weimann, Robert.
|