Theatre and Humanism

By Kent Cartwright

Book Overview

English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic and moralistic; but by the end of the century theater was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could such a change occur? Kent Cartwright suggests that some theories of early Renaissance theater need to be reconsidered. He proposes that humanist drama of the sixteenth century is theatrically exciting and socially significant, and he attempts to integrate popular and humanist values rather than setting them against each other.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052164075X
• ISBN13: 9780521640756
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"