Court Masques: Jacobean and Caroline Entertainments, 1605-1640

by Thomas Campion, Ben Jonson, David Lindley

Book Overview

The masque had a brief but splendid life as the dominant mode of entertainment at the early Stuart court. Extravagant multi-media happenings, court masques were filled with arcane allegorical references and frequently commented on political issues of the day. This selection, the mostsubstantial available, brings together eighteen masques, tracing the evolution of the genre from Jonson's early masques for King James I to Davenant's 1640 masque for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192825690
• ISBN13: 9780192825698
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"