Studying Shakespeare's Contemporaries

by Lars Engle and Eric Rasmussen

Book Overview

Studying Shakespeare's Contemporaries is an accessible guide to non-Shakespearian English drama of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Featuring works of prestigious playwrights such as Kyd, Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, and Middleton, Lars Engle describes the conditions under which Renaissance plays were commissioned, written, licensed, staged, and published. Plays are organized by theme and explored individually, creating a text that can be read...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405132442
• ISBN13: 9781405132442
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"