Renaissance Drama in England and Spain

Release on 2019-02-192019-02-19 by John Clyde Loftis

Author: John Clyde Loftis

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 9780691198095

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 304

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Spain alone produced a Renaissance drama comparable to that of England, yet the two nations were enemies, separated by the worldwide conflict of Catholics and Protestants. Major dramatists on both sides addressed the divisive issues: Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca in Spain; Shakespeare, Marlowe, Chapman, Massinger, and Middleton in England. In this comprehensive work, a distinguished authority on drama examines history plays, masques, and spectacles, with close attention to the changing development of the two national dramas, he directs us to the study of their suprrising similarities. The author's lucid exposition makes possible an assessment of the commentary on historical events provided by the dramatists. In the early years of the Thirty Years' War, he points out, dramtaists unknowingly carried on a dialogue now audible to us: Massinger and Middleton warn of Spain's intentions; Lope, Tirso, and Calderon provide assurance that their English coutnerparts were not alarmists. Goruping works chronologically by subject or thematic relevance to phases of Anglo-Spanish relations in broad European context, Professor Loftis examines Lope's plays about the campaigns fought by the Spanish Army of Flanders and Marlowe's and Chapman's plays about French history from 1572 to 1602. John Loftis is Margery Bailey Professor of English Emeritus at Stanford University. He is author of numerous works, including The Spanish Plays of Neoclassical England (Yale) and Sheridan and the Drama of Georgian England (Blackwell/Harvard). Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Literary Criticism

Language: en
Pages: 304

Renaissance Drama in England and Spain

Authors: John Clyde Loftis

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-19 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

Language: en
Pages: 304

Renaissance Drama in England and Spain

Authors: John Clyde Loftis

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-19 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

Language: en
Pages: 318

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Authors: S. P. Cerasano, Heather Anne Hirschfeld

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08 - Publisher: Associated University Presse

Reflecting a variety of scholarly interests, this volume includes articles that range addressing Africans in Elizabeth London to chapel stagings, to the theory and practice of domestic tragedy. It also includes essays on the historical and theoretical issues relating to the evolution of dramatic texts and women at the theater.

Language: en
Pages: 298

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Authors: John C. Loftis

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 1987-01-01 - Publisher:

Books about Renaissance Drama in England and Spain

Language: en
Pages: 416

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Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-30 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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