The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama: An Introduction with Primary Sources (Arden Shakespeare)

By Brinda Charry

Book Overview

The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama is a single critical and contextual resource for students embarking on an in-depth exploration of early modern drama, providing both critical insight and accessible contextual information. This companion equips students with the information needed to situate the plays in their socio-political, intellectual and literary contexts. Divided into two parts, it introduces students to the major authors and significant dramatic texts of the period and emphasises the importance of both a historicist and close-reading approach to better engage with these works.
The Guide offers:
- primary texts from key early modern scholars such as Machiavelli, Heywood and Sidney
- contextual information vital to a full understanding of the drama of the period
- close readings of 14 of the most widely studied play texts by Shakespeare and his contemporaries
- a single resource to accompany any study of early modern drama
This is an ideal companion for students of Renaissance drama, offering students and teachers a range of primary contextual sources to illuminate their understanding alongside close critical readings of the major plays of the period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472572246
• ISBN13: 9781472572240
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"