Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre / / Bill Angus.
Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare’s contemporariesIntelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. Analysing both the natur...
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Angus, Bill, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre / Bill Angus. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2018 1 online resource (192 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Errant Intelligence – The Devil’s Own -- 1 ‘Subtle sleights’: Amity and the Informer in Damon and Pithias -- 2 The Parasites of Machiavel -- 3 The Knight of the Burning Pestle and the Menace of the Audience -- 4 The Reluctant Informer: Humanising the Beast -- 5 Metadrama and the Murderous Nature of Authority -- 6 The Burning Issue: Metadrama and Contested Authority in Chettle’s Hoffman -- Conclusion: No One Is There – Ubiquity and Invisibility -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Explores intrinsic connections between early modern intelligencers and metadrama in the plays of Shakespeare’s contemporariesIntelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures. Analysing both the nature of intelligence at the time and the metadrama that such characters generate, Angus highlights the significance of intrigue and corruption to dramatic narrative and structure. His study of metadrama reveals some of the most fundamental questions being posed about the legitimacy of authority, authorship and audience interpretation in this seminal era of English drama.Key FeaturesOffers insight into the internal workings and motivations of the drama of Shakespeare’s contemporariesOpens a new window on the ambitions, concerns, and fears of these important authorsEnhances historical understanding of the place of the intelligencer in the society and the structures of authority within which the drama was produced Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Literary Studies. DRAMA / Shakespeare. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110780437 print 9781474432917 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474432931 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474432931 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474432931/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Errant Intelligence – The Devil’s Own -- 1 ‘Subtle sleights’: Amity and the Informer in Damon and Pithias -- 2 The Parasites of Machiavel -- 3 The Knight of the Burning Pestle and the Menace of the Audience -- 4 The Reluctant Informer: Humanising the Beast -- 5 Metadrama and the Murderous Nature of Authority -- 6 The Burning Issue: Metadrama and Contested Authority in Chettle’s Hoffman -- Conclusion: No One Is There – Ubiquity and Invisibility -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Errant Intelligence – The Devil’s Own -- 1 ‘Subtle sleights’: Amity and the Informer in Damon and Pithias -- 2 The Parasites of Machiavel -- 3 The Knight of the Burning Pestle and the Menace of the Audience -- 4 The Reluctant Informer: Humanising the Beast -- 5 Metadrama and the Murderous Nature of Authority -- 6 The Burning Issue: Metadrama and Contested Authority in Chettle’s Hoffman -- Conclusion: No One Is There – Ubiquity and Invisibility -- Index |
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