Reading Drama in Tudor England

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ID9327342
AuthorsTamara Atkin (Routledge (United Kingdom), corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages240
Publication date2018-04-17
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueReading Drama in Tudor England (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315600819
OpenAlexW2890237788
ISBN9781315600819
Open LibraryOL53983076M
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Reading Drama in Tudor England is about the print invention of drama as a category of text designed for readerly consumption. Arguing that plays were made legible by the printed paratexts that accompanied them, it shows that by the middle of the sixteenth century it was possible to market a play for leisure-time reading. Offering a detailed analysis of such features as title-pages, character lists, and other paratextual front matter, it suggests that even before the establishment of successful permanent playhouses, playbooks adopted recognisable conventions that not only announced their categorical status and genre but also suggested appropriate forms of use. As well as a survey of implied reading practices, this study is also about the historical owners and readers of plays. Examining the marks of use that survive in copies of early printed plays, it explores the habits of compilation and annotation that reflect the striking and often unpredictable uses to which early owners subjected their playbooks

Art · Drama · Linguistics · Literature · Reading (process · Visual arts · History · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · 1500-1600 · Arts du spectacle · books and reading · British Literature · Drama, history and criticism · England · English drama, early modern and elizabethan · English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan · History and criticism · Littérature · Littérature britannique · Littérature médiévale · Medieval Literature · Performing Arts · Reading interests · Social life and customs · Theater

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