English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:
Flyting in Shakespeare's Comedies, 1935
The materials include a document discussing the comical device of Flyting, regarding what it is and how Shakespeare uses it throughout his plays.
Garrick and Shakespeare's plays, 1944
The document discusses whether or not Garrick had a significant effect on the revival of Shakespeare's plays for the mid-eighteenth-century London stage.
Genial Literary Satire in the Forest of Arden, 1935
The document discusses how Shakespeare overly satirizes his language and his writing for the play "As You Like It" and what that says about his criticism towards the show.
Hardy and Shakespeare, 1930-1938
The materials include documents talking about Alexandre Hardy's life as a playwright and author and also the strange resemblance between Hardy and Shakespeare. The articles give examples of how the playwrights are similar through their plays.
Hermione's Statue Again, 1938
The document discusses possible sources for the statue scene at the end of A Winter's tale, explaining why the statue comes to life. The potential source is named Signor Timbreo di Cardona and Finecia Leonato, the twentieth story in the Novels of Bandello, which before A Winter's Tale, inspired another Shakespeare play: Much Ado About Nothing.
Historical context in plays, 1935-1972
The materials include a volume of "Studies in Literary Imagination" as well as two other articles that discuss the historical context behind Shakespeare's history plays and other playwright's dramas.
In regards to Shakespeare's character Falstaff, 1919-1938
The materials include several documents regarding Shakespeare's character of Fallstaff, such as the significance behind the character, how he affects the play and the historical background that inspired the character.
Is Shakespeare Aristocratic, 1914
The material includes a document discussing, looking at the historical context, and how Shakespeare portrays certain characters in his plays if he was Aristocratic. It was written by Albert H. Tolman.
Lyly's Songs, 1930-1931
The articles discuss the authorship of songs appearing in Blounts Sixe Court Comedies. The first document reaffirms that Lyly wrote them and provides evidence to support it. Another one is a response to an author's argument made against the first article.
Man and the Renaissance, 1938-1944
The documents discuss the relationship with humanism and the Renaissance and how the pessimism of man in the modern world as well as the deniability of humanism is preventing a new Renaissance.