Renaissance Plays: New Readings and RereadingsLeonard Barkan Renaissance Drama, an annual and interdisciplinary publication, is devoted to drama and performance as a central feature of Renaissance culture. The essays in each volume explore traditional canons of drama, the significance of performance (broadly construed) to early modern culture, and the impact of new forms of interpretation on the study of Renaissance plays, theater, and performance. |
Contents
JAMES P HAMMERSMITH The Death of Castile | 1 |
CHARLES W HIEATT Multiple Plotting in Friar Bacon | 17 |
SUSAN MCCLOSKEY The Worlds of Edward II | 49 |
PEGGY MUŅOZ SIMONDS The Iconography of Primitivism | 95 |
DIANA BENET The MasterWit is | 121 |
MARY LAUGHLIN FAWCETT Chastity and Speech | 159 |
Notes on Contributors | 181 |
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