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Shakespeare and the soliloquy in early modern English drama

Cousins, A. D., 1950- editor, Derrin, Daniel, 1980- editor

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\"Encompassing nearly a century of drama, this is the first book to provide students and scholars with a truly comprehensive guide to the early modern soliloquy. Considering the antecedents of the form in Roman, late fifteenth and mid-sixteenth century drama, it analyses its diversity, its theatrical functions and its socio-political significances. Containing detailed case-studies of the plays of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Ford, Middleton and Davenant, this collection will equip students in their own close-readings of texts, providing them with an indepth knowledge of the verbal and dramaturgical aspects of the form. Informed by rich theatrical and historical understanding, the essays reveal the larger connections between Shakespeare's use of the soliloquy and its deployment by his fellow dramatists\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Technique. / Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Language. / Soliloquy. / Speech in literature. / English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism. / English drama 17th century History and criticism. / English language Early modern, 1500-1700 Style. / Drama Technique.
• ISBN: 9781107172548

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR635.S64 S53 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE