Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 1485-1558

by Howard B. Norland

A time of great changes after nearly a century of foreign wars and civil strife, the Tudor era witnessed a significant transformation of dramatic art. Medieval traditions were modified by the forces of humanism and the Reformation, and a renewed interest in classical models inspired experimentation. Howard B. Norland examines Tudor plays performed between 1485 and 1558, a time when drama reached beyond local, popular, and religious contexts to treat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080323337X
• ISBN13: 9780803233379
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"