| Pageantry in the Shakespearean Theater Contributor(s): Bergeron, David M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820338435 ISBN-13: 9780820338439 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Performing Arts |
| Dewey: 791.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pageantry in the Shakespearean Theater focuses on political, social, and aesthetic issues to reveal the enormous influence of civic celebration on Renaissance theater. Ranging across Shakespeare's canon and including the work of his fellow playwrights, this collection of twelve essays considers tournaments, royal entries, Lord Mayor's Shows, funeral processions progress entertainments, court masques, and more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bergeron, David M.: - DAVID M. BERGERON is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Kansas. He is author of numerous publications, including Practicing Renaissance Scholarship: Plays and Pageants, Patrons and Politics, English Civic Pageantry 1558-1642, and Textual Patronage and English Drama, 1570-1640. |