Theatrical Legitimation: Allegories of Genius in Seventeenth-Century England and France

by Timothy Murray

In Theatrical Legitimation, Timothy Murray provides a post-structural analysis of three frameworks of 17th-century dramatic and literary criticism: authorship, patronage, and spectatorship. Discussing a wide range of primary materials from England and France--including dedicatory epistles, title pages, anti-theatrical tracts, and art treatises-- Murray reflects on different strategies of "legitimating" theater, all illustrating the period's broader...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195042689
• ISBN13: 9780195042689
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"