Introduction to English Renaissance comedy

Leggatt, Alexander

ISBN 10: 0719049652 / ISBN 13: 9780719049651

Published by Manchester University Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to English Renaissance comedy
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719049652
• ISBN 13: 9780719049651
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Introduction to English Renaissance comedy provides a comprehensive introduction to Elizabethan, Jacobean and Caroline comedy, covering both public and private theatres, emphasising the eclectic, experimental nature of this comedy: its departures from the mainstream New Comedy tradition, its searching, witty analysis of social and personal relations in court, city and country.

This book makes a close analysis of some of the richest comedies of the period, making unexpected connections 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 Bartholomew Fair, Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure and Brome's A Jovial Crew. Through these plays the reader is given a comprehensive picture of English comedy in one of its most creative periods.

About the Author

Alexander Leggatt is Professor of English at University College, University of Toronto