Reading Drama in Tudor England

Tamara Atkin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4724-7626-5 (ISBN)

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Reading Drama in Tudor England is about the print invention of drama as a category of text designed for readerly consumption. Arguing that plays were made legible by the printed paratexts that accompanied them, it shows that by the middle of the sixteenth century it was possible to market a play for leisure-time reading. Offering a detailed analysis of such features as title-pages, character lists, and other paratextual front matter, it suggests that even before the establishment of successful permanent playhouses, playbooks adopted recognisable conventions that not only announced their categorical status and genre but also suggested appropriate forms of use. As well as a survey of implied reading practices, this study is also about the historical owners and readers of plays. Examining the marks of use that survive in copies of early printed plays, it explores the habits of compilation and annotation that reflect the striking and often unpredictable uses to which early owners subjected their playbooks.

Tamara Atkin is Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Literature at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Reading Drama in Tudor England

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2018
Reihe/Serie	Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10	1-4724-7626-3 / 1472476263
ISBN-13	978-1-4724-7626-5 / 9781472476265
Zustand	Neuware