This Stage-Play World: Texts and Contexts, 1580-1625 / Edition 2

by Julia Briggs

Overview

The later years of Elizabeth and the reign of James I were the age of Shakespeare, but the age also of Sidney, Spenser, and Donne, of fellow dramatists Marlowe, Jonson, and Webster, and of the prose writers Nashe, Bacon, and Burton. This book examines the social conditions that produced this uniquely dazzling array of talent, and relates them closely to the literature of the period. In this extensively revised new edition, Julia Briggs has included two new chapters which examine the role of women, the family, travelers and ‘outsiders' within the social and literary contexts of the period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192892867
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/04/1997
Series:	OPUS
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	7.73(w) x 5.13(h) x 1.06(d)
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

Julia Briggs is Professor of English and Women's Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Table of Contents

Preface1. Tradition and Innovation2. Living in Society3. Women and the Family4. Travellers and Others5. World Pictures6. Religion7. Education8. The Court and its Arts9. The TheatreConclusionChronologyNotesSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex