Poetics of Jacobean Drama by Coburn Freer (1982, Hardcover)

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The Poetics of Jacobean Drama. Freer, Professor Coburn. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. Internal SKU: B15J-01131. Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Jan 1 1982.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801825458

ISBN-139780801825453

eBay Product ID (ePID)584018

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePoetics of Jacobean Drama

SubjectDrama, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year1982

TypeTextbook

AuthorCoburn Freer

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight20 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN81-047599

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"This bold and interesting book sets out to show that poetry functions integrally with characterization, structure and action in Jacobean drama."-- Times Higher Education Supplement

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal822/.4/09

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction A Note on Texts Chapter 1. Poetry in the Mode of Action Chapter 2. Contexts of Blank Verse Drama Chapter 3. The Revenger's Tragedy Chapter 4. Cymbeline Chapter 5. The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi Chapter 6. The Broken Heart Epilouge. The Metamorphosis Transformed Notes Index

SynopsisOriginally published in 1982. The Poetics of Jacobean Drama argues for a rediscovered approach to the study of Renaissance drama. Coburn Freer observes that most modern criticism of this drama treats the plays as if they were written in prose, thus overlooking whole areas of dramatic meaning that were understood in the past. Such an understanding, he asserts, was common among writers, actors, audiences, and readers of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, and a knowledge of it is essential to a full appreciation of the characterization and dramatic structures in these plays. Freer explores the evolution of the modern reluctance to approach Renaissance drama as one would dramatic poetry--from the standpoint of a listener. Blank verse, the author shows, provided Jacobean dramatists with a poetic form against which they could work the pressures of experience within their characters. The writers' ability to work with and against this form provided infinite resources for delineating character and creating significant coherences in the structure of a play. The Poetics of Jacobean Drama offers insights into what the Renaissance writer, actor, and playgoer would have regarded as the domain of poetry in drama. Topics discussed include the conditions of stage performance and the style of acting, Elizabethan education, the rise of printed texts and collected editions, and the comments of Elizabethan audiences and readers. Freer's commentary and theoretical explanations suggest both why and how we should pay closer attention to the poetry of Renaissance drama.

LC Classification NumberPR658.V4