Shakespeare and Renaissance drama
By: Hugh Mackay.
Series: York notes companions
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408204801
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 16th century; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century; Renaissance -- England
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A cultural overview; title: Texts, writers and contexts. Comedies of eros: Galatea and A midsummer night's dream; Extended commentary: Twelfth night; Shakespeare's history plays; Extended commentary: Henry V; Tyranny and tragedy on the English stage: Doctor Faustus, Othello and Macbeth; Extended commentary: Hamlet; Tragicomedy: All's well that ends well and Philaster; Extended commentary: The tempest; Comedies of humour, comedies of pain: Every man in his humour and The fawn; Extended commentary: Volpone; Jacobean revenge drama: the revenger's tragedy and women beware women; Extended commentary: The Duchess of Malfi; title: Critical theories and debates. Madness and subjectivity; Rhetoric and performance; Women at the edge; Nation-building; title: Resources; title: Further reading; title: Timeline.