The Aesthetics of Spectacle in Early Modern Drama and Modern Cinema [electronic resource] : Robert Greene's Theatre of Attractions /
Sager, J.author.
Examining the work of the Elizabethan playwright, Robert Greene, this book argues that Greene's plays are innovative in their use of spectacle. Its most striking feature is the use of the one-to-one analogies between Greene's drama and modern cinema, in order to explore the plays' stage effects.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The aesthetics of spectacle -- Stage properties -- The Leviathan in Thomas Lodge and Robert Greene's A looking glass for London and England  -- Resurrecting the body in James IV -- The brazen head in Alphonsus, King of Aragon and Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay -- Stage conventions -- Madness and creativity in Orlando Furioso -- The aesthetics of violence in Selimus -- Conclusion.
Examining the work of the Elizabethan playwright, Robert Greene, this book argues that Greene's plays are innovative in their use of spectacle. Its most striking feature is the use of the one-to-one analogies between Greene's drama and modern cinema, in order to explore the plays' stage effects.
Greene, Robert, 1558-1592
Greene, Robert, 1558-1592
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern.
British literature.
Aesthetics.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Aesthetics.