Drama and the Politics of Generational Conflict in Shakespeare's England
Author | : Stephannie Gearhart |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781351603461 |
ISBN-13 | : 1351603469 |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Download or read book Drama and the Politics of Generational Conflict in Shakespeare's England written by Stephannie Gearhart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drama and the Politics of Generational Conflict in Shakespeare’s England examines the intersection between art and culture and explains how ideas about age circulated in early modern England. Stephannie Gearhart illustrates how a variety of texts – including drama by Shakespeare, Jonson, and Middleton – placed elders’ and youths’ voices in dialogue with one another to construct the period’s ideology of age and shape elder-youth relations.