The Resource Professional playwrights : Massinger, Ford, Shirley & Brome, Ira Clark
Professional playwrights : Massinger, Ford, Shirley & Brome, Ira Clark
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- Summary
- The most neglected of the English Renaissance playwrights are the major Carolines -- Philip Massinger, John Ford, James Shirley, and Richard Brome. Writing in the 1620s and 1630s, always in the shadow of their great precursors, Shakespeare and Jonson, they have often been dubbed mere purveyors of slick, escapist sensationalism who avoided the great issues of their day and turned away from the impending breakdown of English society. Ira Clark's revisionist book shows us these dramatists and their time whole, particularly through analysis of their treatment of sociopolitical issues -- issues tha
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Caroline Professionals; The Profession; A Perspective on the Professionals; A Sociopolitical Context; A Social and Family Context; Socialization; 2 Massinger's Tragicomedy of Reformation; The Disaffections of Massinger's Privileged Patrons; Social and Political Accommodation; The Art of Redemptive Conversion; Reflection and Reciprocity in THE PICTURE; 3 Ford's Tragedy of Ritual Suffering; The Gentility of John Ford; Political and Social Resignation; Ceremonial Style; Ritual Roles in THE BROKEN HEART
- 4 Shirley's Social Comedy of Adaptation to DegreeShirley's Reverence for Degree; Degree's Prerogatives, Abuses, and Standards; The Clean Wit of Playful Conformity; Adapting Roles in HYDE PARK; 5 Brome's Comedy of Types and Inversions; The Revisionary Potential of Brome's Backgrounds; Political and Social Questioning; Satiric Parodies and Inversions; Generating Experimental Reform in THE ANTIPODES; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Isbn
- 9780813162416
- Label
- Professional playwrights : Massinger, Ford, Shirley & Brome
- Title
- Professional playwrights
- Title remainder
- Massinger, Ford, Shirley & Brome
- Statement of responsibility
- Ira Clark
- Subject
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- Brome, Richard, -1652 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Brome, Richard, -1652?
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Electronic books
- English drama
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
- Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640
- 1600-1699
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640
- Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Shirley, James, 1596-1666
- Shirley, James, 1596-1666 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The most neglected of the English Renaissance playwrights are the major Carolines -- Philip Massinger, John Ford, James Shirley, and Richard Brome. Writing in the 1620s and 1630s, always in the shadow of their great precursors, Shakespeare and Jonson, they have often been dubbed mere purveyors of slick, escapist sensationalism who avoided the great issues of their day and turned away from the impending breakdown of English society. Ira Clark's revisionist book shows us these dramatists and their time whole, particularly through analysis of their treatment of sociopolitical issues -- issues tha
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clark, Ira
- Dewey number
- 822.409
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR671
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Massinger, Philip
- Ford, John
- Shirley, James
- Brome, Richard
- English drama
- Brome, Richard
- Ford, John
- Massinger, Philip
- Shirley, James
- DRAMA
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- English drama
- Label
- Professional playwrights : Massinger, Ford, Shirley & Brome, Ira Clark
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Caroline Professionals; The Profession; A Perspective on the Professionals; A Sociopolitical Context; A Social and Family Context; Socialization; 2 Massinger's Tragicomedy of Reformation; The Disaffections of Massinger's Privileged Patrons; Social and Political Accommodation; The Art of Redemptive Conversion; Reflection and Reciprocity in THE PICTURE; 3 Ford's Tragedy of Ritual Suffering; The Gentility of John Ford; Political and Social Resignation; Ceremonial Style; Ritual Roles in THE BROKEN HEART
- 4 Shirley's Social Comedy of Adaptation to DegreeShirley's Reverence for Degree; Degree's Prerogatives, Abuses, and Standards; The Clean Wit of Playful Conformity; Adapting Roles in HYDE PARK; 5 Brome's Comedy of Types and Inversions; The Revisionary Potential of Brome's Backgrounds; Political and Social Questioning; Satiric Parodies and Inversions; Generating Experimental Reform in THE ANTIPODES; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Control code
- 900345158
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813162416
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt129d2th
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)900345158
- Label
- Professional playwrights : Massinger, Ford, Shirley & Brome, Ira Clark
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Caroline Professionals; The Profession; A Perspective on the Professionals; A Sociopolitical Context; A Social and Family Context; Socialization; 2 Massinger's Tragicomedy of Reformation; The Disaffections of Massinger's Privileged Patrons; Social and Political Accommodation; The Art of Redemptive Conversion; Reflection and Reciprocity in THE PICTURE; 3 Ford's Tragedy of Ritual Suffering; The Gentility of John Ford; Political and Social Resignation; Ceremonial Style; Ritual Roles in THE BROKEN HEART
- 4 Shirley's Social Comedy of Adaptation to DegreeShirley's Reverence for Degree; Degree's Prerogatives, Abuses, and Standards; The Clean Wit of Playful Conformity; Adapting Roles in HYDE PARK; 5 Brome's Comedy of Types and Inversions; The Revisionary Potential of Brome's Backgrounds; Political and Social Questioning; Satiric Parodies and Inversions; Generating Experimental Reform in THE ANTIPODES; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Control code
- 900345158
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813162416
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt129d2th
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)900345158
Subject
- Brome, Richard, -1652 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Brome, Richard, -1652?
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Electronic books
- English drama
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
- Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640
- 1600-1699
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640
- Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Shirley, James, 1596-1666
- Shirley, James, 1596-1666 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
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