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001 2013023443
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008 130708s2014 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013023443
020 $a9781107040038 (hardback)
020 $a1107040035 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aPR2976$b.C515 2014
082 00 $a822.3/3$223
084 $aLIT004120$2bisacsh
100 1 $aClare, Janet,$d1954-
245 10 $aShakespeare's stage traffic :$bimitation, borrowing and competition in Renaissance theatre /$cJanet Clare, University of Hall.
264 1 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014.
300 $axi, 305 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 268-294) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Troublesome reigns; 2. Deposing kings; 3. Cross-cultural comedy; 4. Competing dramaturgies: later comedy; 5. Medley history; 6. Hamlet and the 'humour of children'; 7. Conversion: from Elizabethan to Jacobean theatre; 8. Generic transformations; Afterword.
520 $a"Shakespeare's unique status has made critics reluctant to acknowledge the extent to which some of his plays are the outcome of adaptation. In Shakespeare's Stage Traffic Janet Clare re-situates Shakespeare's dramaturgy within the flourishing and competitive theatrical trade of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. She demonstrates how Shakespeare worked with materials which had already entered the dramatic tradition, and how, in the spirit of Renaissance theory, he moulded and converted them to his own use. The book challenges the critical stance that views the Shakespeare canon as essentially self-contained, moves beyond the limitations of generic studies and argues for a more conjoined critical study of early modern plays. Each chapter focuses on specific plays and examines the networks of influence, exchange and competition which characterised stage traffic between playwrights, including Marlowe, Jonson and Fletcher. Overall, the book addresses multiple perspectives relating to authorship and text, performance and reception"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aShakespeare, William,$d1564-1616$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aEnglish drama$yEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
650 0 $aImitation in literature.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/40038/cover/9781107040038.jpg