Romance on the Early Modern Stage: English Expansion Before and After Shakespeare

By Cyrus Mulready

Book Overview

What is dramatic romance? Scholars have long turned to Shakespeare's biography to answer this question, marking his 'late plays' as the beginning and end of the dramatic romance. This book identifies an earlier history for this genre, revealing how stage romances imaginatively expanded audience interest in England's emerging global economy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349458511
• ISBN13: 9781349458516
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"