The Aesthetics of Spectacle in Early Modern Drama and Modern Cinema: Robert Greene's Theatre of Attractions

by Jenny Sager

Book Overview

Examining the work of the Elizabethan playwright, Robert Greene, this book argues that Greene's plays are innovative in their use of spectacle. Its most striking feature is the use of the one-to-one analogies between Greene's drama and modern cinema, in order to explore the plays' stage effects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137332395
• ISBN13: 9781137332394
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"