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Author Bruster, Douglas.

Title Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre [electronic resource] : performance and liminality in early modern drama / Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann.

Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 189 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-182) and index.
Contents The Elizabethan prologue : text, actor, performance -- Prologue as threshold and usher -- Authority and authorization in the pre-Shakespearean prologue -- Frivolous jestures versus matter of worth : Christopher Marlowe -- Kingly harp and iron pen in the playhouse : George Peele -- From hodge-podge to scene individable : John Lyly -- Henry V and the signs of power : William Shakespeare.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Technique.
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
Prologues and epilogues -- History and criticism.
Mimesis in literature.
Drama -- Technique.
Openings (Rhetoric)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Weimann, Robert.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 041533442X (cloth : alk. paper)
0415334438 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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