Marlowe and the Popular Tradition: Innovation in the English Drama Before 1595Rejecting the traditional stereotypes of Marlowe (spy, troublemaker, homosexual, atheist, university wit) this study considers him as a popular dramatist who inherited an audience with certain expectations and shared experiences. It explores his engagement with the traditions of the popular stage in the 1580s and early 1590s and offers a new approach to his major plays in terms of staging and audience response. This account of English drama in these important but largely neglected years challenges the narratives of change in late 16th century. It Discusses Marlowe's plays in relation to some 30 other playtexts, earlier and contemporary, including Shakespeare's early plays. Marlowe emerges not so much as a precursor of Shakespeare but as an innovator and catalyst of change, the playwright who exploited and transformed the traditional materials of popular drama. |
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Page 55
... response they generated . The redefinitions , with their elaborate eloquence , unsettle old habits . The audience may remain aware of the horror that attends Tamburlaine's search for glory , but they are unlikely to read the signs ...
... response they generated . The redefinitions , with their elaborate eloquence , unsettle old habits . The audience may remain aware of the horror that attends Tamburlaine's search for glory , but they are unlikely to read the signs ...
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... response to the emblematic have in conse- quence been too reductive , arguing from the assumed ' nature ' of emblem to a response that is typically ambivalent or detached rather than allowing for the processes of viewing and ...
... response to the emblematic have in conse- quence been too reductive , arguing from the assumed ' nature ' of emblem to a response that is typically ambivalent or detached rather than allowing for the processes of viewing and ...
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... response by playwright and player to the new London playhouses . It differs from the one identified as ' Shakespearean ' by Bevington in that it exploited the dimensions of the stage platform rather than the framing possibilities of the ...
... response by playwright and player to the new London playhouses . It differs from the one identified as ' Shakespearean ' by Bevington in that it exploited the dimensions of the stage platform rather than the framing possibilities of the ...
Contents
Approaches and contexts | 14 |
Viewing the sign | 36 |
Lessons of history | 67 |
Copyright | |
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Marlowe and the Popular Tradition: Innovation in the English Drama before 1595 Ruth Lunney No preview available - 2011 |
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