Shakespeare's Stage Traffic

Shakespeare's Stage Traffic
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9781107729568
ISBN-13 : 1107729564
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Stage Traffic by : Janet Clare

Download or read book Shakespeare's Stage Traffic written by Janet Clare and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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