Jacobean City Comedy Hardback
by Brian Gibbons
Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Renaissance Drama series
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The first decade of the Jacobean age witnessed a sudden profusion of comedies satirizing city life; among these were comedies by Ben Jonson, John Marston and Thomas Middleton, as well as the bulk of the repertory of the newly-established children's companies at Blackfriars and Paul's.
The playwrights self-consciously forged a new genre which attracted London audiences with its images of folly and vice in Court and City, and hack-writing dramatists were prompt to cash in on a new theatrical fashion.
This study, first published in 1980, examines ways in which the Jacobean city comedy reflect on the self-consciousness of audiences and the concern of the dramatists with Jacobean society.
This title will be of interest of students of Renaissance Drama, English Literature and Performance.
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- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:23/03/2017
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- ISBN:9781138279957
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:23/03/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138279957
