The Arden Guide to Renaissance Drama

An Introduction with Primary Sources

Brinda Charry

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781472572240
• eBook ISBN: 9781472572271
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism in Drama
• Index: Literature

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.

Table of contents

• Cover page
• Halftitle page
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Extracts
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Part I
• Part II
• Appendix
• Suggested Reading
• Notes
• INDEX