1st Edition

Stuart Academic Drama An Edition of Three University Plays

By David L. Russell Copyright 1987
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

Although not much is known about the three Stuart plays in this edition, which was first published in 1987, we can ascribe them to one of the English universities, and each is indicative of a distinctly different influence on the Renaissance academic drama. Heteroclitanomalonomia is part of a minor subgenre referred to as the academic play. It demonstrates the predominance of language or rhetoric... Read more

Introduction;  Part One: Commentary;  1. A Survey of University Drama, 1603-1642  2. The Allegorical/Debate Play  3. The Academic Grammar Play: Heteroclitanomalonomia  4. The Allegorical Satire?: Gigantomachia  5. All in Jest: A Christmas Messe;  Part Two: Texts;  Editorial Policy;  1. Heteroclitanomalonomia  2. Gigantomachia  3. A Christmas Messe;  Bibliography

Biography

Russell, David L.