Patterns and Perspectives in English Renaissance DramaThese essays bring attention to the designs that the English Renaissance playwrights imposed on their work. Among the patterns explored are those inspired by the literature, drama, or poetics of classical times and visual patterns derived from traditions of stage presentation. |
Contents
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The Metamorphosis of Violence in Titus Andronicus | 41 |
English Style French Style | 55 |
Reflections on the Authors Agents in Comedy | 65 |
The Appeal of the Comic Deceiver | 78 |
Aristophanes Plautus Terence and the Refinement of English Comedy | 89 |
The English Masque and the Functions of Comedy | 107 |
Patterns Derived from Traditions of Staging | 125 |
Things as They Are and the World of Absolutes in Jonsons Plays and Masques | 179 |
John Ford and the Final Exaltation of Love | 196 |
Patterns Suited to Perspectives | 207 |
Marlowe and the Jades of Asia | 209 |
The Shadow of Action | 225 |
The Dramatic Structure of The Broken Heart | 240 |
King John and the Drama of History | 252 |
Mad Lovers Vainglorious Soldiers | 281 |
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