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The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama
About This Book
The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama is a single critical and contextual resource for students embarking on an in-depth exploration of early modern drama, providing both critical insight and accessible contextual information. This companion equips students with the information needed to situate the plays in their socio-political, intellectual and literary contexts. Divided into two parts, it introduces students to the major authors and significant dramatic texts of the period and emphasises the importance of both a historicist and close-reading approach to better engage with these works.
The Guide offers:
¡ primary texts from key early modern scholars such as Machiavelli, Heywood and Sidney
¡ contextual information vital to a full understanding of the drama of the period
¡ close readings of 14 of the most widely studied play texts by Shakespeare and his contemporaries
¡ a single resource to accompany any study of early modern drama
This is an ideal companion for students of Renaissance drama, offering students and teachers a range of primary contextual sources to illuminate their understanding alongside close critical readings of the major plays of the period.
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Table of contents
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Extracts
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I
- Part II
- Appendix
- Suggested Reading
- Notes
- INDEX