Drama and Politics in the English Civil War

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  • Drama and Politics in the English Civil War Book Detail

  • Author : Susan Wiseman
  • Release Date : 1998-04-09
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 317
  • ISBN 13 : 0521472210
  • File Size : 45,45 MB
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Drama and Politics in the English Civil War by Susan Wiseman PDF Summary

Book Description: In 1642 an ordinance closed the theatres of England. Critics and historians have assumed that the edict was to be firm and inviolate. Susan Wiseman challenges this assumption and argues that the period 1640 to 1660 was not a gap in the production and performance of drama nor a blank space between 'Renaissance drama' and the 'Restoration stage'. Rather, throughout the period, writers focused instead on a range of dramas with political perspectives, from republican to royalist. This group included the short pamphlet dramas of the 1640s and the texts produced by the writers of the 1650s, such as William Davenant, Margaret Cavendish and James Shirley. In analysing the diverse forms of dramatic production of the 1640s and 1650s, Wiseman reveals the political and generic diversity produced by the changes in dramatic production, and offers insights into the theatre of the Civil War.

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Drama and Politics in the English Civil War

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In 1642 an ordinance closed the theatres of England. Critics and historians have assumed that the edict was to be firm and inviolate. Susan Wiseman challenges t

Literature and the English Civil War

Literature and the English Civil War

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This book charts the relationship between literary texts and their historical context from 1640-1660. Essays in the volume focus on issues of ideology and genre