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From Playhouse to Printing House
Douglas A. Brooks
其他書名
Drama and Authorship in Early Modern England
出版Cambridge University Press, 2006-12-14
主題Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / DramaPerforming Arts / Theater / Playwriting
ISBN05210348689780521034869
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UEPxuune2GMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This study examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries made the difficult transition from writing plays for the theatre to publishing them as literary works. Tracing the path from playhouse to printing house, Douglas Brooks analyses how and why certain popular plays found their way into print while many others failed to do so and looks at the role played by the Renaissance book trade in shaping literary reputations. Incorporating many finely observed typographical illustrations, this book focuses on plays by Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster and Beaumont and Fletcher as well as reviewing the complicated publication history of Thomas Heywood's work. Brooks uncovers the continually shifting relationship between theatre and publisher and defines the way in which the concept of authorship changed. His book represents an important contribution to the refiguration of two histories: English Renaissance drama and the early modern book.