{"product_id":"shakespeares-theater-9781405111942","title":"Shakespeares Theater","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare''s Theater: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e brings together in one volume the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates just how heated debates about the theater became in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA general introduction and short prefaces to each piece situate the writers and debates in the literary, social, political and religious history of the time.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together in one volume texts that would otherwise be hard to locate.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudent-friendly - uses modern spelling and includes vocabulary glosses and annotation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tanya Pollard's anthology usefully brings together in a single volume modernized, annotated selections from many writers who participated in the lively debate about the nature and morality of the theater in late 16th and early 17th century England. [...] \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent resource for students and a fine ancillary text for university-level courses on Shakespeare or English Renaissance drama.\" \u003ci\u003eKatharine Eisaman Maus, James Branch Cabell Professor of English, University of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This wonderful collection of polemical documents shows early modern minds wrestling with the very concept of theatrical representation. A provocative and supremely valuable resource book.\" \u003ci\u003eLaurie Maguire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagdalen College, Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pollard has performed a most valuable service to Shakespearian studies and to our knowledge of the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatrical world by collecting them together in \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Theatre: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e. ... recommended for all libraries colecting materials in Shakespeare, the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre, English literature, history and culture.\" \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlates viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline of Theater History and Writings xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Works Cited xxxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Treatise Against Dicing, dancing, Plays and Interludes with Other Idle Pastimes (1577) 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Northbrooke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The School of Abuse (1579) 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Gosson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 An Apology of the School of Abuse (1579) 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Gosson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Reply to Stephen Gosson’s School Abuse, in Defence of Poetry, Music and Stage Plays (1579) 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Lodge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Second and Third Blast of Retreat from Plays and Theaters (1580) 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony Munday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Plays Confuted in Five Actions (1582) 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Gosson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Anatomy of Abuses (1583) 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Stubbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A Mirror of Monsters (1587) 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Rankins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Art of English Poesy (1589) 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Puttenham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 An Apology for Poetry (1595) 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Sidney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Theatre of God’s Judgements (1597) 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Beard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Overthrow of Stage-Plays (1599) 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Rainolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Letter to Dr. John Rainolds (1592) 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Gager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Virtue’s Commonwealth (1603) 188\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry Crosse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Preface to Volpone (1607) 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBen Jonson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Gull’s Horn Book (1609) 206\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Dekker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 An Apology for Actors (1612) 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Heywood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 A Refutation of the Apology for Actors (1615) 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI. G. [John Greene]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Letter to Revd. Mr. Sutton (1616) 274\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNathan Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Histriomastix: The Players’s Scourge (1633) 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Prynne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Discoveries (1641) 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBen Jonson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Legal Acts and Correspondence Pertaining to the Theater 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 337\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407846646103,"sku":"9781405111942","price":41.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405111942.jpg?v=1730500724","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeares-theater-9781405111942","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}