Shakespeare and Renaissance drama /

Mackay, Hugh, 1969-

Shakespeare and Renaissance drama / Hugh Mackay. - 1st ed. - Harlow, England ; New York : [London] : Longman/Pearson ; York Press, 2010. - iv, 350 p. ; 21 cm. - York notes companions .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- A cultural overview -- Texts, writers and contexts. Comedies of eros: Galatea and A midsummer night`s dream; Extended commentary: Twelfth night; Shakespeare`s history plays: Richard III and Henry IV part 1; Extended commentary: Henry V; Tyranny, terror and tragedy on the English stage: Doctor Faustus, Othello and Macbeth; Extended commentary: Hamlet; Tragicomedy: All`s well that ends well and Philaster; Extended commentary: The tempest; Comedies of humour, comedies of pain: Every man in his humour and The fawn; Extended commentary: Volpone; Jacobean revenge drama: The revenger`s tragedy and women beware women; Extended commentary: The Duchess of Malfi -- Critical theories and debates. Madness and subjectivity; Rhetoric and performance; Women at the edge; Nation-building.

9781408204801 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1408204800 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616


English drama--History and criticism--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English drama--History and criticism--17th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literature and society--History--England--16th century.
Literature and society--History--England--17th century.
Renaissance--England.

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