Theatre and humanism : English drama in the sixteenth century

Theatre and humanism : English drama in the sixteenth century / Kent Cartwright.

"This book examines the hundred years of drama preceding Shakespeare in the light of a critical problem: English drama at the beginning of the sixteenth century was allegorical, didactic, and moralistic; but by the end of the century theatre was censured as emotional and even immoral. How could...

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Main Author: Cartwright, Kent, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Theater > England > History > 16th century.
Renaissance > England.
Humanists > England.
England > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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